Comments on: My homework assignment. http://nancynall.com/2003/10/14/my-homework-assignment/ one writer's daily download Tue, 06 Jan 2009 05:16:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: ashley http://nancynall.com/2003/10/14/my-homework-assignment/comment-page-1/#comment-107 ashley Wed, 15 Oct 2003 16:18:17 +0000 http://70.88.31.129/nancy/2003/10/14/my-homework-assignment/#comment-107 In St. Petersburg in 1997, I was walking down Nevsky Prospekt, and stopped at the Grand Hotel Evropa. They were advertising "Bud and Burger: $8". After a week in Eastern Europe, this actually looked good. So I order my burger, get my Bud (they can't call it Budweiser there because the Czechs own that name), and pound it down. I walk up to the bar for another Bud, and this gorgeous blonde is standing beside me. Being a fearless virile American heterosexual, I say to myself, what the hell. So I look at her and say "Hi, what's your name". She responds "Two hundred dollars". Without missing a beat, I say "Is that your first name, your last name, or is that what your friends call you?" She looks confused, thinks for a second, then says again "two hundred dollars". Finally, I'm served my Bud, and I walk away. And out in front of the hotel were all of the Russian Mafia guys wearing the uniform: khaki pants, black shirts, italian loafers with no socks, and wrap-around sunglasses. Oh, and they were all leaning on black mercedes, black BMWs, or black somethings. I didn't follow my Rick Steves guide and try to strike up a conversation... In St. Petersburg in 1997, I was walking down Nevsky Prospekt, and stopped at the Grand Hotel Evropa. They were advertising “Bud and Burger: $8″. After a week in Eastern Europe, this actually looked good. So I order my burger, get my Bud (they can’t call it Budweiser there because the Czechs own that name), and pound it down.

I walk up to the bar for another Bud, and this gorgeous blonde is standing beside me. Being a fearless virile American heterosexual, I say to myself, what the hell. So I look at her and say “Hi, what’s your name”. She responds “Two hundred dollars”. Without missing a beat, I say “Is that your first name, your last name, or is that what your friends call you?”

She looks confused, thinks for a second, then says again “two hundred dollars”. Finally, I’m served my Bud, and I walk away.

And out in front of the hotel were all of the Russian Mafia guys wearing the uniform: khaki pants, black shirts, italian loafers with no socks, and wrap-around sunglasses. Oh, and they were all leaning on black mercedes, black BMWs, or black somethings. I didn’t follow my Rick Steves guide and try to strike up a conversation…

]]> By: Nance http://nancynall.com/2003/10/14/my-homework-assignment/comment-page-1/#comment-106 Nance Tue, 14 Oct 2003 17:13:15 +0000 http://70.88.31.129/nancy/2003/10/14/my-homework-assignment/#comment-106 Hoo-hoos are not introduced until next semester, but thanks for the tip! Hoo-hoos are not introduced until next semester, but thanks for the tip!

]]> By: alex http://nancynall.com/2003/10/14/my-homework-assignment/comment-page-1/#comment-105 alex Tue, 14 Oct 2003 17:05:49 +0000 http://70.88.31.129/nancy/2003/10/14/my-homework-assignment/#comment-105 Does she put it up her hoo-hoo? Now there's an opportunity to impress the prof with vocabulary. Does she put it up her hoo-hoo? Now there’s an opportunity to impress the prof with vocabulary.

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