Learning How To Talk Crap
(My friend and I are traveling together through Mexico. We are sitting in an outdoor cafe on a square in a beautiful Mexican city when I am approached by a young woman. She engages me in conversation. I am nervous. She does not speak English, and I only speak basic high school Spanish, so the conversation is going slowly.)
Woman: “¿Cómo te llamas?”
Me: “¿Me llamo [My Name], y tú?”
Woman: “Gabriela… ¿Y cuantos años tienes?”
Me: “Tengo 23 anos.”
(She leaves quickly. My friend starts laughing.)
Me: “What did I say?”
Friend: “You told her you have 23 a**holes.”