This morning I went into a local bodega because I was running late and I knew they sold hard boiled eggs. A great portable breakfast. I saw the sign on the counter, "2 hard boiled eggs $1."
"Great," I thought to myself, "they have some this morning."
After waiting for the person ahead of me to pay, I went up to the counter.
"Hard boiled eggs," I requested. The man mumbled something back. I thought he was repeating my order as he turned around to grasp an item.
The clerk placed a pack of Marlboro Lights onto the counter saying, "Marlboro Lights?"
Um, no. HARD BOILED EGGS.
I thought that these two things sound alike. How did this happen? This man was not a native English speaker, was that the problem? Was it because it was early in the morning and I was mumbling? A bit of my sounthern accent coming out?
HARD BOILED EGGS. MARLBORO LIGHTS.
I laughed.
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