Wednesday, October 13, 2010

You people

Hijabi: It's really hot in our office. Can you turn the a/c on?
Property Manager: Your window faces south, so it's going to be hot.
H: Well, I already closed the blinds and it's still hot.
PM: It's probably because you people are always wearing those things.

Monday, June 14, 2010

Muffin Man

Old guy at MSP airport (while eating a muffin and walking past me): This IS America
Me (flabbergasted and not thinking quickly): Yeah, it IS!
Muffin Man: Mm-hm...


Friday, May 14, 2010

Nope, I don't

Customer: Do you know how to cook a pork tenderloin?

Wednesday, May 12, 2010

That "thing".

DMV clerk: So what's the deal with that thing on your head?

Why are you wearing that?

Seven year old Somali girl (SYOSG): Are you Somali?
White American Muslim Woman (WAMW): No
SYOSG: Why are you wearing that?
WAMW: I'm Muslim.
SYOSG: But you're white!!

So, is he Moroccan?

Customer: Where's your husband from?
Me: Tunisia
Customer: Oh, so is he Moroccan?