Saturday, September 20, 2008

Wedgie?!?

Dinner in Chinatown. (Rama is a fan of noodle soup). Waiter comes over, setting down my plate of VEGGIE spring rolls. In a strong Chinese accent, "Here's yo' WE-GGIE..." Meaning, VEGGIE, of course.

Rama: He's giving you a wedgie?!

(Rama knows wedgie as underwear that gets stuck between butt-cheeks. Something that one has to fix pronto. Once, she also worried about how some girls wear thongs - wedgie always!)

As we segue into lessons on diversity and political correctness ("Some people just happen to make different sounds for words. But, we know what they mean.")

4 comments:

"R..." Coloma said...

Good ol' wedgies! I remember those childhood days when those annoying boys used to run around the school playground, trying to give people wedgies!

I presume Rama's Toronto school experience is similar to a Sydneysider's school experience - gauging from her knowledge of wedgies and all...

P said...

Thank Zsa Zsa Zaturnah for our wedgie (and thong) exposure. And, that she's growing out of her pants so fast - they're all riding up her butt! I think she hangs out with good girls and boys - no wedgie-givers, as far as i know.

"R..." Coloma said...

Who is Zsa Zsa Zaturnah?! Yes she really is growing fast! Hey thank you for your supportive email! The experience has been a blast - will write you about it soon. x

P said...

OMG. ZZZ. Where do I start? Basically, she is one of Rama's superheroes. :-) ZZZ started as a graphic novel. Then it was staged as a muzicale. Then made into a movie. Graphic novel pa lang, fan na si Rama. ZZZ is gay parlorista who swallows a rock and turns into a wonderwoman of sorts, doing battle with giant frogs, zombies and amazon aliens. There's stuff on youtube. And Rama has a vid doing ZZZ, too. We love.