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To: Gauguin who wrote (5347)	12/17/1997 7:03:00 PM
From: jpmac	Respond to of 71178

a what was taht you said? story for gaugie that is the point, yes? that they expect you to understand your native tongue. and, well, sometimes ya don't. it was the modern art museum in s.f. circa a long time ago. there was an exhibit of german expressionist art. very cool stuff. i'd never seen anything like it. wandered from painting to painting, trippin' out on 'em. wild pictures within pictures within pictures. I'd stand for ages in front of one, trancing out. going deeper into it. I was getting very spaced out by this time. ok, i started out taht way. but I was getting more so. up walks someone and speaks to me. right off I found this odd. ya don't just walk up and talk to people, do you? anyhow, said person's mouth moves. I hear, "aba blah yah soos babba" or close to it. hmmm, now I know from my social training that it's polite to respond. but what does one say to that? I scrunch up my brain, brows knit, and say, "kas ida mussa". or again close to it. this gets me a weird look. I know I haven't said the right thing. I run it all through my mushy brain and finally decipher what was said to me. "What do you think of the exhibit." Okay. halfway there. I breathe as deep as I can when in a panic, connect brain passages, relay to vocal chords and say " I dunno much 'bout art." this gets me a solemn nod. I then scamper quickly from the room. wheeeeeew. and I've never been to an art exhibit alone again.