A friend of B's called to invite him to come along to Berlin over spring break. When the father got on the phone, I thanked him but said that I'd be coming in B's place and would just leave him here at home alone. with a can opener.
*crickets*
When I related the uncomfortable silence to B later he rolled his eyes and said: "Mo-hoooom! Germans don't get Looney Tunes references!"
Well, at least I crack *myself* up!
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Ha! Even without knowing the Looney Toons reference, this made me laugh ... makes me suspect there's some other cultural difference at work.
I'm glad I make *someone* laugh. M gets my jokes, luckily, and we crack each other up, but we learned long ago that our bizarro sense of humor doesn't impress ze Germans...
it made me laugh without the knowing the reference
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