Good intentions....

I had a conversation this week with a sweet little old lady. When the infamous question "where are you from" was asked, I answered with good intentions because she was just so cute and sweet. However, the conversation didn't exactly end that way....

Sweet little old lady (SLOL): "so where are you from?"
Me: "oh I grew up in Marietta".....and very proud of myself at this point for not lying to this SLOL
SLOL: "ohhh really, it almost sounds like you have a swedish accent"
She just stares at me after she says that, waiting for me to say something...
Me: "yeahhh.....my mom is from Sweden" I swear, it just spilled out of my mouth
SLOL: "Oh, that makes sense. You know, since babies learn how to talk from their mothers"

Do I at least get credit for answering the first question honestly?!?

tongue piercing

I know I haven't posted on this thing in a while. But I had a comment today that reminded me of the blog and that I need to post on it again.

While I'm at work today a random person came up to me, let's call him Bill. Bill had been staring at me for the last thirty minutes so I wasn't surprised when he came up to me to initiate a conversation.

Bill: "hey I have a question"
Me: "what?"
Bill: "I know it's personal and all but....(at this point I start thinking, if you think it's personal than why even ask???)...I noticed your accent because of your tongue piercing"
Me: "my tongue piercing?? My tongue is not pierced"
Bill: "Oh, I noticed your accent and figured it was because of your tongue pierced"
Me: as I stand there dumbfounded I just responded "yeah I have an accent but my tongue is not pierced"
Bill: "oh ok sorry"

This one is definitely a new one in my book. Looking back, I almost wish I had gone along with it to see what his question would have been regarding my tongue piercing!