His Translation Is A Sham(rock)
(I work as a cashier. Two customers are in my line: an older man with a grimace and a younger man with a thick Irish accent. The Irishman, [Customer #1], has jostled the older man, [Customer #2].)
Customer #1: “Hey, watch it!”
Customer #2: “You watch it, boy! Why’d you get in my way?”
Customer #1: “Get in your way? Oh, come on!”
Customer #2: *looks at me* “You saw that, right? He bumped his cart right into me!”
Customer #1: “Look, let’s not get her involved. You can just go in front of me. ‘Pogue mahone’ (póg mo thóin), all right?
Customer #2: “What was that?”
Customer #1: “Oh, ‘Pogue mahone’? It’s an Irish phrase. We say it when we want to end an argument. Here you go; you can go first.”
Customer #2: “Darn right, I will. Youth these days need to learn to be a little more respectful.”
(I check him out and he leaves. [Customer #1] steps up, and I begin checking his things out.)
Customer #1: “I sure hope he doesn’t look up what that really means when he gets home.”
Me: “Why? What does it mean?”
Customer #1: “It’s Irish for ‘Kiss my a**.'”
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