One performer’s shtick included a bit on “How do you count?” that poked fun at various nationalities:
Here’s how the Brits count [matter-of-factly] one, two, three
The Spanish [liltingly] uno, dos, tres
The French: un, deux, trois [blowing a kiss at the end]
The Germans: [emphatically] Eins! Zwei! Drei!
Other targets included the Italians, Greeks, Irish, and Scots.
Then
The Americans: One [a long pause]
And anudder one [another lo-o-o-ng pause]
And [hand gesture for screw you]
People laughed.
What does that say about how people perceive us?
It says "pretend to be Canadian when I go abroad, unless I have to show a passport." It sounds like your street performer was badly traumatized by the Bush era.
ReplyDeleteDid they also joke about how only the Americans start counting with the index finger as "one" instead of with the thumb?