200NT & No Alcohol Please.

February 20, 2010

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My dad always sends me these emails that can be described as broken English (although my dad doesn’t actually speak like this…) and he always signs his emails with his name, instead of something like “dad.”

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Subject: Happy Chinese New Year
Joanna,

Where are you going to spend Chinese New Year eve? Home with friend? Out eat with friend? Have a fun and enjoy, no alcohol please.

What do you want me to bring for home?

Jeff
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After this email, we exchanged some information. I told him that I wanted this chapstick that I was only able to find in Taiwan. I told him I wanted 2. In the morning I woke up and saw this email:

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Subject: Re: Happy Chinese New Year

I got it that cost you NT$ 200.00.

Jeff
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Thanks dad. That’s US$6!! This isn’t the first time he’s asked me for money either… for my mother’s birthday I asked him to buy her flowers and we’d split the cost.

I called my mom and asked her if she got flowers. My dad, often being “economical” (or the nice way of saying cheap)… My mom says “he got me carnations.” Then in the background I hear my dad yell “you owe me $2.50!”

  • Samantha

    LOL “no alcohol please.” So polite.

    My dad always signs his name too! And not just the first name.

  • Amanda

    Wow, that's pretty cheap. Although whenever I “owed” my mom for something in high school she stuck up handwritten lists on the refrigerator. Like, I would owe her $3 for deodorant or $2.25 for some chocolates, or even $20 for a homecoming ticket. She never forgot anything!!!

  • rene77

    My dad always signs his first name, too. And if it's a card, my step-mom will cross out his writing “Paul” and write “Dad & Ellen”. So funny!

  • Jengarosa

    OMG! That is hilarious–”you owe me $2.50!” Freaking awesome.

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    My mom is Filipino, and I always make fun of her “Taglish” (mix of Tagalog and English). She gets genders mixed up, and often leaves out very important verbs. :o) But, as in this example, she never ceases to be polite! Too funny.

  • do2puff

    what chapstick? LOL

  • do2puff

    what chapstick? LOL

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