Not What You Think It Means.
Jun. 26th, 2011 03:55 pmA conversation from yesterday:
At the local beer dispensary.
Me: Do you have imported beers as well as domestic.
Staff: Oh yes. All of these are imports.
[I warily eye the indicated area, which is stuffed full of Penn Brewery, Magic Hat, Troegg's, Sierra Nevada, and many other good but obviously not-imported beers.]
Me: No, I mean, like, imported from another country.
Staff: Oh yeah. These [points to the same exact location] are our imports, and these [points to a section pitifully stocked by Bud, Miller, and other domestic rejects] are our domestics.
Me: ...
At the local beer dispensary.
Me: Do you have imported beers as well as domestic.
Staff: Oh yes. All of these are imports.
[I warily eye the indicated area, which is stuffed full of Penn Brewery, Magic Hat, Troegg's, Sierra Nevada, and many other good but obviously not-imported beers.]
Me: No, I mean, like, imported from another country.
Staff: Oh yeah. These [points to the same exact location] are our imports, and these [points to a section pitifully stocked by Bud, Miller, and other domestic rejects] are our domestics.
Me: ...
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Date: 2011-06-26 08:31 pm (UTC)