In MERAC Bahrain, we had a Filipino accountant called Sixtoe who had a very unique style of pronouncing English words – for instance when he said “Fax” it sounded as if he was saying “Fu.ks”.
He went to our GM, Stan (aka Sthanunathan, now in Coke, US) and asked him “ you know, Martin Van Herk’s hotel bill has just come in and I want to check whether we pay for his “fu.ks”. Without batting an eye-lid, Stan replied : “we pay only business expenses – all expenses for pleasure is paid for by the individual himself.“
Sixtoe did not understand the reply, but rumour has it that the 2 secretaries sitting outside Stan’s room had to be immediately admitted to the hospital. Apparently the hospital report cryptically stated that they were admitted owing to “severe stomach pain induced by an attempt to control sudden emotions felt on hearing descriptions of a humorous variety”.
He went to our GM, Stan (aka Sthanunathan, now in Coke, US) and asked him “ you know, Martin Van Herk’s hotel bill has just come in and I want to check whether we pay for his “fu.ks”. Without batting an eye-lid, Stan replied : “we pay only business expenses – all expenses for pleasure is paid for by the individual himself.“
Sixtoe did not understand the reply, but rumour has it that the 2 secretaries sitting outside Stan’s room had to be immediately admitted to the hospital. Apparently the hospital report cryptically stated that they were admitted owing to “severe stomach pain induced by an attempt to control sudden emotions felt on hearing descriptions of a humorous variety”.
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I LIKED THE LAST PARAGRAPH THE MOST.
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