I had this conversation with my husband a few days ago. Feel free to mock me.
Me: Hey, you know my friend from twitter that lives in the Philippines? I think she knows Spanish!
Hubs: {no reaction} Doesn't surprise me.
Me: Why not?
Hubs: Well, it *was* a Spanish colony, just like us....
Me: WHAAAAAA????
Hubs: {looks at me for the first time} You *did* know that, right? RIGHT?
Me: NO!! But that's all the way in Asia! Like near Japan or something! Isn't it part of one of *those* countries?
Hubs: {raises voice} Oh my God, Zelma, please tell me you're joking!! Spain had colonies all over the world!
Me: I swear to God, I didn't know that!!
Hubs: Unbelievable!
Me: {slowly} Wait.... so maybe THAT'S why her last name is Perez! {lightbulb going off over my head}
Hubs: OH MY GOD ZELMA!! {facepalm}
Me: What? You're surprised that I *don't* know something?
Hubs: Yes! You always have to know everything!
Me: Well, there you go, I'm human.
Hubs: Pfft
TRUE STORY!!!
For the record, I felt incredibly stupid, but I'm not going to admit that to him, am I?
You can start laughing now. Wait, were you laughing already? Meh!
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ReplyDeleteGirl, don't feel bad- this was new to me too! It's been wayyy too long since I've learned about geography. :)
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