Comments on: I kid you not

by: Dilnavaz

Fri, 28 Jul 2006 09:39:00 +0000

That was a scream! And I totally believe it. I moved back to India 5 months ago after 5 years in the United States and I still find myself explaining and clarifying certain figures of speech. Especially “are you kidding me?”

by: cbrao

Fri, 21 Jul 2006 11:19:00 +0000

I can’t resist laugh after reading this. I kept laughting after reading this. Your blogs work like a tonic, when read early in the morning.Laughter is good for health.I thoroughly enjoyed the sense of humour in your blogs.

by: Navreet

Fri, 30 Jun 2006 04:03:00 +0000

Thanks to the diversity in india ..trust me… you don’t have to travel as far as America for people to react like that..

I moved a lot of places within India… Jodhpur…Delhi …Jamnagar…Hyderabad…Junagadh
…Pune..Chennai..Mumbai…Bangalore… and every time I shifted places and went back …such reactions hit me. But yes the sarcasm is higher when it is the US of A …..

PS# Thanks for visiting my blog.

by: Navreet

Fri, 30 Jun 2006 04:02:00 +0000

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by: Anu

Fri, 23 Jun 2006 03:24:00 +0000

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by: Twisted DNA

Wed, 21 Jun 2006 20:55:00 +0000

Casement: I’ve gotten similar reactions by just saying “Really?!” which was met with “Ya, I am not lying”.

Sonia: I am guessing people are more willing to accept change as long as the change is similar to other people’s change. If you change “radically” by going to a diffent country, people have more trouble handling it!

Jamie: LOL, just imagining saying things like “Get out” to people is cracking me up.

by: Jamie

Wed, 21 Jun 2006 20:27:00 +0000

Other reactions you must test:

“Shut Up!!”
“Get out!!”
“You’re killing me!”

by: sonia

Wed, 21 Jun 2006 08:40:00 +0000

very funny - and so true! i actually had the same experience with a dear nigerian friend who was very *earnest*. i think i said sth like ..nah! you must be lying!..and he was really upset and said - i do not lie. i am a good christian!

it’s interesting how so often a part of wanting to hang on to the past is to expect people not to ‘change’. i mean even if someone hasn’t actually moved countries, the passage of time still ensures lots of changes! i had this one friend who started every sentence with ..’but in the old days..you were like this//’. i couldn’t be friends with her anymore - she wasn’t interested in me actually, but in what/who she thought i was.

by: Casement

Tue, 20 Jun 2006 20:56:00 +0000

Have you heard something like…When in Rome…

So, replace your no kidding with ….arrrrrrrrreeeey, realllyy, the next time when you talk to a friend in India:)

Poor fella…I can relate to him.

by: Ilaiy

Tue, 20 Jun 2006 16:46:00 +0000

Well changed meaning .. As a person you are still the same .. Well I donot know should say that because 10 years back I had the same nice time as what I do now ..

The way I look at things are a little different now ..I think if I was in India it would have been the same ..

Thats just my personal opinion .

./thanks
ilaiy