The Numbers Are In…

This weekend I decided to keep track of my small-talk endeavours. Please don’t think I’m making fun here. I’m just happy when people make an effort to talk to me. It just becomes funny when I think about how I’ve had the same conversation over and over again.

Here is the small-talk tally for this past weekend:

“You must find it really hot here”………………………… 3
“Is the food too spicey for you?”………………………….. 2
“Yes, it is very cold in Canada”…………………………….5
“Is someone locked in that bathroom again?”…………… 4
“No actually, not very close to Toronto”……………………2
“No, actually, even further from Vancouver ………………1
“So how do you find Pakistan?” …………………………… 6
“Why did you come here?”…………………………………… 3
“Sorry, I don’t have any beer. Canadians drink beer, right?” ……. 1

On a related note, every single time that someone asks me “How do you find Pakistan?” (Which happens more than you would think, because it’s kind of a British sentence construction.) I always answer, “It’s easy, it’s right there beside India.” I’ll let you know when someone gets it.