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"Ugly American Syndrome"
PlumBlossom 679 desperate attention whore postings
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08-08-03, 11:14 AM (EST)
 
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"Ugly American Syndrome" |
I just wanted to share a couple of my observations from last night’s show…First of all, I was very embarrassed as Chip/Reichen exhibited the Ugly American Syndrome to the nth degree on the cab ride to the kite park in Korea. As Chip kept shouting at the driver that he should know English. Yelling (that always helps non-English speakers understand English) at him to go faster. Then making some hand gestures and saying that means “please”. I was saying, “Excuse me Chip, in what language does that gesture mean please?…Oh, I get it…it means please in Chreichen.” Then as he exited the cab he said something like I shouldn’t pay you because you can’t speak English. Since when in a non-English speaking country do you not have to pay for a cab ride you already had because the cabbie doesn’t speak a foreign language (i.e. English)? Then as he walks away from the cab he yells, “SPEAK ENGLISH”. I was yelling at my TV screen…”Chip, you are in Korea…SPEAK KOREAN!” Anyway, I found myself ROFL later in the show when they hit the Roadblock. Jon breezed through the tank to get the clue. As he went I could distinctly hear him saying, “Hey Joe, long time, no see…Fred, how are the wife and kids…Sorry, guys, I can’t stay and chat, I’m in a race…Yeah, Kelly is here, too…This is a Roadblock where only one person from the team can perform the task…She is just outside the tank.” The sharks all turned and waved at Kelly, who enthusiastically waved back. Then as Jon exited the tank he said, “Gotta go…We’ll get together later for drinks.” Then along comes Reichen. He was scared to death and taking it very slow. I could just hear the sharks saying, “Hey, here is a tourist to have a little fun with” as they circled around him. Then one of the sharks began stalking him and yelling, “Hey guys, watch this…Doo doo…Doo doo…Doo doo…I think he is going to pee his pants.” Then Reichen panicked and pulled over, waving with his left hand for the shark to go on past. But wait, Reichen is under water. Here they don’t speak English!!! And, he is giving a sign that also has a meaning in Shark…”LUNCH!” Kelly, outside the tank, calmly says, “Reichen, dude, I wouldn’t do that.” (Or something like that.) Chip doesn’t get it. That is right, he only understands the English meaning. So, Kelly, who (who would have thunk?  ) speaks perfect Shark, translates for Chip. Chip frantically tries to signal Reichen to stop making the sign. Kelly is glued to the scene, waiting to see if the shark will just nip a little, draw some blood, mangle the hand, sever the hand neatly through, or devour Reichen whole. The shark meantime yells, “Hey guys, watch this!” He starts for the hand. Chip becomes even more frantic. Reichen, not as fluent in Chrichen as Chip, is having trouble translating the gestures from Chip. At the last minute the shark swerves from the hand yelling “PSYCH!!” You can hear the laughter from all his friends rolling off the walls of the aquarium. Kelly, who knows the fun is over, goes to join Jon. Reichen, who has now not only peed his pants but also crapped his pants, finally understands what Chip is trying to tell him, pulls his hand back in, and continues on to retrieve the clue and slowly exit the tank. The under water citizens are laughing so hard, that they can’t mess with Reichen’s mind any more. However, I don’t know if you heard it, but as Reichen exited the tank, I distinctly heard one of the denizens of the deep yell, “SPEAK SHARK!”  Don’t know if those things struck anyone else, but thought I would share. 
PlumBlossom
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dajaki 1454 desperate attention whore postings
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08-08-03, 11:37 AM (EST)
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Hee hee hee. Very funny! Hang around Plum and try to get on a summary schedule soon! Keep an eye on the Survivor Spoilers board for invites from the Blue People to sign up for a summary on the upcoming Survivor season.
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