Scene: A corn stand. I am buying Wisconsin’s bounty. Corn, tomatos, melon, cukes, etc.
[Car drives up, window down]
Amazingly attractive young man: “Mah-dee-zon!”
Cute farm girl selling corn: “What?”
AAYM: “Mah-dee-zon! We needing to go…”
CFGSC: “You’re in Madison.”
AAYM: [shows map, points at dot on Google Map] “I need…here.”
[Dawns on CFGSC that AAYM doesn’t speak very much English]
CFGSC: “Oh…well, you need to turn left at the light and then go…”
[AAYM shakes head confusedly]
[Enter Canoelover]
Canoelover: “Scusa, ragazzo, ma hai bisogno d’aiuto?”
AAYM: “Dio mio…non ci credo…“
CL: “E’ semplice…aldila’ il semaforo troverai un’autostrada 90-94…”
[CL explains directions to hotel in Italian. AAYM listens, occasionally mumbling “meraviglio“]
CL: “Tutto al posto?”
AAYM: “Si, amico, grazie mille…auguri…non ci credo…“
[AAYM drives off to his hotel destination]
Exeunt, all players except CFGSC who says to CL
CFGSC: “Uh, what just happened?”
—-
This young man was amazingly attractive in a way that could only have happened in Italy. His accent wasn’t Spanish so I thought I’d see if I could help. Worst case scenario — he would be Portuguese.
It’s an amazing, random, wonderful world we live in. The odds of a couple of lost Italians driving up to a fruit stand within a fifteen second window as I was about to leave is pretty small, no?
Don’t ever let anyone tell you your liberal arts degree is a waste of time and money. I’d like to see an electrical engineer make someone smile like that.
Presentato con rispetto,
Canoelover
P.S. Translation as follows:
“Excuse me, but do you need some help?”
“Oh my God…I don’t believe it…”
“It’s easy…just past that light you’ll turn onto the 90-94 freeway…”
“Everything okay?
“Yes, my friend, a thousand thanks…good luck…I don’t believe it…”
*grin*
Ha! That's flippin' awesome CL! See, you really are that cool! 😉
I love Italian. Tried to learn it once, but never really succeeded. Now I'm thinking I should go back to it, if only on the off chance that some gorgeous, lost Italian guy may wander by.
what a great story. I love it.