Faith in humanity: RESTORED!!!

You're now chatting with a random stranger. Say hi!

You: Evening.

Stranger: afternoon.

You: Do you know what hand turkeys are?

Stranger: fuck yeah.

You: SWEET!!!!! I was losing faith in humanity. Nobody knows what they are, did nobody go to kindergarten?!?!

Stranger: i know right?!

Stranger: like seriously we made them around thanksgiving every year until like 3rd grade

You: Exactly. I made one today & my husband was all "A HAND CHICKEN!" I was so disappointed.

Stranger: wtf

Stranger: its not a chicken

Stranger: its a fucking turkey

You: I know, it's obviously a turkey. He's British though, so he hasn't really had Thanksgiving, but still...

Stranger: chickens dont have giant tails

Stranger: damn brits lol

You: I know, what can you do? I was powerless against his accent.

Stranger: hahahahahaha

Stranger: yeah one of my profs is from britain

You: Nice.

Stranger: he busts on all the prior enlisted guys ehre

Stranger: theyll have a stack of ribbons and hell start calling them genreal

Stranger: *general

You: Heh. I've been here 3 years and I still most of the time feel all, "WTF BRITISH??!!?"

Stranger: lmao

Stranger: personally i like british spelling better

You: I hate it when I read a book by an American author, though, & it's been "translated" into British. I'm sorry, but Stephen King did NOT write about Christine's "boot" or "bonnet."

Stranger: lol. harry potter books got translated into american

Stranger: so it evens out

You: Yeah, don't like that much either. :D I think things are fine just the way they are.

Stranger: yeah

You: The extra Us and RE instead of ER throw me off in crossword puzzles though.

Stranger: id imagine

Stranger: youre there like fuck it should be this but theres on extra space

You: Exactly.

Stranger: and then someone show you the answer and you feel like an idiot

You: And occasionally someone'll send me an American puzzle book and I'll have to re-adjust again. God, I sound like a loser. I just really fucking like crosswords. :D

Stranger: hhahaha

Stranger: well, im gonna go try n get my whole platoon to make hand turkeys and stick them on our staff sergeants door.

Stranger: nice talking to you though

You: FUCK YEAH!

Stranger: XD

Your conversational partner has disconnected.


I so hope this happens.