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I had just had a friendly and fun dinner with some Cuban VIPs because of a work thing. After dinner I was supposed to take a picture of the US and Cuban group together.
I tried to tell everyone “Say ‘Cheese’” because I knew it would be odd but interesting to the Spanish speakers who were unfamiliar with American ways, but I don’t speak Spanish very well.
I said, “Hablo Queso,” which means ‘I speak cheese.’
I caused a minor diplomatic incident between the development organisations of the Netherlands and Germany in a small African country.
I was working for the Dutch organisation as an intern. There was a little get together of the organisations at a local bar. When introductions were made I used a WW2 term to describe our boss. I said ‘this is our ubersturmbahnfuhrer’.
This was not the right thing to say, as the leader of the German team was an ex-east German and staunch antifascist with little sense for my perceived ‘humor’. He felt personally insulted by being compared thusly and I had to shamefully go down to their offices and profusely apologize.
My one hand held some honey-roasted peanuts, my other hand held some dry cat food. Guess which one went into my mouth.
I ate dirt when I was a kid
