Irish Conversation in the American Midwest #30
Late
-Where the hell are they?
-What’s wrong?
-They’re not here
-When are they supposed to be here?
-They said they’d be here at 7
-But it’s only a quarter to 7 now?
-I KNOW, and they’re not here
-But they’re not supposed to be here yet?
-They’re supposed to be here at 7
-Yeah, but it’s not 7 yet?
-We’re going to be late
-Why, when does it start?
-The doors open at 7:30
-But it’s only five minutes away
-I don’t want to be late
-You should be quite early, no?
-What IS keeping them?
-Are they usually late?
-They’re late NOW
-How can they be late for a time that hasn’t been reached yet?
-I’m going to call them
-That might make them late
-I don’t want to be late
-Why don’t you sit down, and just wait and see if they get here when they said they would?
-God I HATE this
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Eolaí gan Fhéile:
Of the many JukeBox inspired comments people make when coming to see us play, this conversation makes the top 5. Their preference is for Irish music starting on German time.
Until of course, the end of the evening, when their pedantic German dogma switches conveniently to Irish time (right around 4 beers) and then prefer that we play their personal choice of Americana selections past midnight. Still, it does fall into predictability.
wow. I too have had this conversation. with my husband. oh dear.