Seat of Our Pants

Our flight from Kathmandu to Bangkok was delayed for three hours, so we passed time reading the Nepali English language newspapers. We found two gems that we just have to share with you. The first is the headline above. Have you read anything more to the point than that? Hey fatso, go away!

The second was a Dear Abby-type letter written to Nepal’s version, Agony Aunt. It starts out innocent enough, then takes a turn for the surreal. What’s this about international football players?

Agony Aunt – from the Kathmandu Post, Friday, January 22, 2010.

Dear Aunt,

I study in grade nine, but it has only been three years since I started living in Nepal. My parents worked abroad, so most of my childhood was spent in foreign countries. Now, my spoken Nepali is very different from my friends. Because I speak differently, my friends call me different names, and some even accuse me of homosexuality, though I do not believe I am a homosexual because I have never found other boys, except international football players, attractive. I am tired of all this teasing. What should I do?

-Bba

Dear Bba,

Ignore them. Don’t react to the teasing. Tell them you do not like being teased directly, and if they are still at it, talk to your teacher. You might also want to improve your Nepali if you really want to beat them in their own game, but that depends entirely on you. By the way, is it true that Ronaldo hit the road as Rooney made passes on him?

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