One of my favourite short-lived TV shows from this year was called Sports Show with Norm MacDonald. He had a terrific segment called, "Wait... what?" where he would begin showing a video clip and then something within the clip would be very out of the ordinary which made you say, "Wait... what?" Take this clip for example. If the link doesn't work, I apologize.
Anyway, I had one of these moments last night when Sarah and I went to the movies.
We were standing in line to get snacks before seeing "Rise of the Planet of the Apes" when we decided we would like some popcorn and some Coca-Cola. It wasn't a difficult choice and is rather cliche, but nevertheless enjoyable. We approach the counter and in my improved Czech, I ask if the girl behind the till if she speaks English. Success! She understands my Czech, doesn't think that I'm German, and she speaks English.
Confidently, I ask, "May I have a Coke?"
She nods and asks, "Medium or Large?"
"Medium please."
She turns to fill up our coke and comes back and places it in front of us. Next, I say, "And some popcorn too, please."
Our server asks, "Salty or Ham and Cheese?"
I respond, "Salty."
Wait... what?
Did she just say Ham and Cheese? Sarah and I stared at each other trying to read the others' eyes as to whether or not we just heard the same thing. Ham and Cheese? As a popcorn flavour? There were so many other flavours that my mind could have processed without flaw, but Ham and Cheese? I mean, there's caramel corn, sweet corn, extra butter, and now they have Ham and Cheese? It took us a while before we gathered ourselves and walked into the theatre, but we both agreed that we need to try Ham and Cheese popcorn when we see our next movie.
Whenever anybody goes to a new culture, I'm sure there are many "Wait... What?" moments, so this will be a weekly feature in the blog. Thanks for reading this week's "Wait... What?"
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