best conversation today
On the phone with my very posh, very English boss:
Me: I think her eyebrows may be tattoos.
Boss: How do you mean?
Me: You know those women who wax off their eyebrows and tattoo them on.
Boss: I don’t understand. Tattoo what on? Spiders and dragons and such?
Me: No, like a drawing of eyebrows where the eyebrows were.
Boss: I’ve never seen that.
Me: Go on to Google.
Boss: Ok.
Me: Image search ‘chola.’
Boss: Ok, one minute… how do you spell that
Me: c-h-o-l-a.
Boss: [long pause]
Me: Did you do it?
Boss: Why… these cholas are marvelous!
Me: Haha, are they?
Boss: They are absolutely fantastic. Where do they come from?
Me: East L.A.
Boss: I must look into this. [hangs up]
IM ten minutes later:
Boss: Sanam
Is Gwen Stefani a chola?
