Thursday, June 19, 2008

What are your name?

Walking through Chinatown, Vern is fascinated with all the Chinese restaurants, shops, signs and banners. He turns a corner and sees a building with the sign, "Hans Olaffsen's Laundry."

"Hans Olaffsen?", he muses. "How in hell is that fit in here?" So he walks into the shop and sees an old Chinese gentleman behind the counter.
Vern asks, "How are this shop get a name like 'Hans Olaffsen's Laundry?'" The old man answers, "Is name of owner."

Vern asks, "Well, who and where are the owner?" "Me...is right here," replies the old man.

"You? How are you ever get a name like Hans Olaffsen?"

"Is simple," says the old man. "Many, many year ago when come to this country, was stand in line at Documentation Center. Man in front was big blonde Swede. Lady look at him and go, 'What your name?' He say,'Hans Olaffsen.' Then she look at me and go, 'What your name?'"

"I say Sem Ting."

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