All the women in my life… say such incredible things. I need a new category: sound bites (mum), sound bites (Z).
Mum: “China is very close to Macau… in fact, China is walking distance from Macau. Just like Jordan is walking distance from Israel too. I should have walked to Jordan that last time instead of talking that stupid bus.”
(pause, while I process the sentence)
Mum: “I think I’m going to walk to China.”
Scary thing is, she probably means it. I’m terrified to travel with my mum. I’m terrified that when I try to one up her and tell her I’m taking the killer speed boat (6 hours, dingy raft that thinks it’s a F1 car, crash helmet provided (for real); the only alternative to either a 15 hour bumpy dirt road truck trip or 2 days on a boat with backpackers) to Luang Prabang, Laos, from Chiang Khong in northern Thailand, she might tell me to _walk there_.
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do be careful when you’re in china – don’t go to the wrong places.
http://news.xinhuanet.com/photo/2006-11/06/content_5293926.htm
oh no! does this mean we have to walk to Koh Phi Phi and Krabi? lol.
my mom says funny things to, as you already know. perhaps they should meet…
ballsy: you are so not in a position to make fun of them.. you say some really funny things too, especially those pertaining to race ;)
perhaps soundbites (mum) and soundbites (BFF), hehe ;)
popsy: I don’t know about encouraging ballsy and telling her what she says is FUNNY.
I always maintain that you can walk to anything you can see.
Which has been one of the dumbest sweeping statements I have ever made, and I have been duly punished for it.
Mum is right though. You can walk from Jordan to Israel. Heck you can walk from Egypt to Israel. Granted, you may get lost and wander around for 40 years but…..