On 6/21/2013 4:50 PM, dsi1 wrote:
> On 6/21/2013 10:32 AM, Ophelia wrote:
>>
>>
>> "dsi1" > wrote in message
>>> I found out how it was gonna go down on my first trip to the mainland.
>>> "Oh, that's how it is over here." When I was in Florida, it was "why
>>> the heck is everybody looking at me funny..."
>>
>> Why was everybody looking at you funny? What were you doing?
>>
>
> I don't know. You'd think they'd never seen an Asian type person. I had
> never had that happen before. Bad vibes man!
>
Try being a nine year old little blonde girl in Bangkok. (That is *not*
intended to sound dirty!) It's considered rude in Thailand to touch a
person on their head. But everyone wanted to touch my hair. It was
white-blonde and wasn't something they saw very often.

> That reminds me of the time that my brother-in-laws pick up Bob Dylan
> who was hitchhiking. He told them his name was Robert Zimmerman.

It *is* his name. LOL

> They
> didn't know Bob Dylan from Joe Blow since they were living abroad for
> years. The brothers developed trouble with their truck and went to a
> repair shop. Everybody stopped and stared when they walked in. My
> brothers asked Bob what the deal was and he said "I donno, maybe they
> seen a ghost." They got their head gasket replaced for almost no money.
> I recommend that you always take Bob Dylan with you when you need your
> car repaired. Who knows, you might get a discount.

That's funny! I can imagine Dylan saying something like that. Just so
everyone is clear, Bob Dylan (Robert Zimmerman) isn't dead, unless being
72 years old qualifies. Now I've got an earworm. Knock knock
knockin' on heavens door...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_swaxOidGU

Thanks a lot!

Jill