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Faster than a Fly

On a recent trip to my local grocery store, I spent way too much time trying to find the fly swatters.  It is summer, and a few of those pesky little critters found their way into my house.  I finally stopped to ask a gentleman employed by the store if he knew where I could find a fly swatter.

He turned to me and asked, “A what?”

“A fly swatter,” I replied.

Now, the gentleman crept a few steps closer to me, and inquired again, “A what?”

I thought maybe the man was slightly hard of hearing, so I answered again, “A fly swatter”.  This time I could see on his face that it wasn’t that he couldn’t hear me…he couldn’t understand me.  Very quickly I added, “Fly swatter…F. L. Y. swatter”.

Touchdown! I realized the gentleman finally knew what I was saying.

“Oh…a fly swatter! With your accent, I couldn’t understand what you were saying,” he proceeded to explain as he led me to the item. Continue reading Sometimes You Feel Like the Fly – Sometimes You Feel Like the Swatter