Monday, April 18, 2005

hello, i'll just sit over here and feel very small shall i?

Just quick like.

I'm currently translating a speech for the Mayor in regards to his having been in Hiroshima when it was bombed. I asked a co-worker about some specifics of what a bunch of school kids were doing working in the city at the time. (They had been mobilised for the war effort and were demolishing buildings to make firebreaks). To which she replied...

"My mothers sister was there and she died. She was at intermediate school. Do you want me to call my mum and find out?"

.....ummm......no thanks.

....thats all right....

....ummm.....i'll just work with what i've got....

....ummmm....yeah....

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