Over the last three days, something made me laugh so hard and continuously that I thought I'd share it with you here. This is all about my family, and I hope I don't offend anybody by doing this.
1, Someone wrote an e-mail to my husband with the greeting "Dear Mr. maggly (my husband's last name)." The spelling of the last name was soooooooo wrong! If you read it with a Japanese pronunciation, it sounds close enough. But not in English. It's hard to explain. When I saw it, I couldn't stop laughing!
2, My brother, who's a senior in college, was stopped by police officers a few days ago. He's in Akita right now, and that day he was biking to the train station with his casual clothes on. He saw two police cars passing by and wondered if something happened. One car stopped about 200 meters ahead of him, and the officers came out and waved at him to stop. They thought that he was a high school student and wanted to check what he was doing in the middle of the day without his school uniform on. He had to explain to them, showing his student ID from his college. I knew he looks young for his age, but I didn't know that he looks THAT young!!
3, My sister, who been staying with me since yesterday, was asking what she would need to worry about while she's here. She said, "What'll I do if you faint?" I was getting tired of answering all the details, and I said "You can call 119 (911 in the U.S. for an ambulance) if needed!! I'm not worried about myself, but I'm now worried that you'll faint!" I knew she was concerned about my situation, but I couldn't help laughing. I told my mom about her comments, and she was also laughing so hard.
It was fun to get these kinds of laughs when I don't have much going on in my current regular life.
ここ3日のうちに、あまりにも笑える事が続いたのでこの場でみなさんにお話ししちゃいます。全て私の家族の事で、誰もイヤな気分にならないと良いのですが・・・
1、ある人が旦那にメールをくれたのですが、出だしは”Dear Mr. maggly(旦那の名字)." この名字の綴りが大間違いだったのです。日本語で読めば、発音はずいぶん近いのです。が、英語で読むと全く違うんです。説明が難しいのですが、これを見た時は笑いが止まりませんでした。
2、大学4年になる弟が、先日警察に止められたそうです。今秋田にいるのですが、その日は普段着で近くの駅まで自転車で向かっている所でした。そのとき、パトカーが2台通り過ぎるのを見て、何かあったのかな〜位に思ったらしいのです。そのパトカーがなんと200M前くらいに止まり、警察官がでてきて手招きで止まるように指図されたとか。平日のこんな真っ昼間に、普段着で高校生が何をやっているのかと思ったのでしょう。弟は大学の学生証を見せて説明したそうです。若く見えるなとは分かってはいたのですが、そこまで若く見えるとは!!
3、昨日からうちに泊まりに来てくれている妹が、うちにいる間に心配しないと行けない事をいくつか聞いてきました。そうしたら、「もし気絶したら、どうするの?」と言うのです。細かい事に答えていくのを面倒に感じ始めていた私は、「どうしてもって言う時は、119に電話すれば良いよ!なんか自分の事よりも、oo(妹)が気絶しないか心配だわ。」と言いました。私の事を心配かけてくれているのは分かるのですが、笑わざるを得ませんでした。母にこの話しをしたら、かなり笑っていました。
変わり映えのない平凡な日々を送っている私にとっては、あまりにもおかしい事でした。