A Traveler's Generic Phrase Book and Novel

by Shirley B. Trew

Friday, March 16, 2012


POST #20--PACKING

Are you sure you want to buy a kilo of mangoes/jicama/poppy seeds/berries?
I told you, I'm hungry. Just loan me the bongoes.
These mangoes/berries are really good. Want some?
Are you sure you don't want some of these mangoes/berries?
I guess I forgot what a kilo was.
So a kilo is more than a pound?

How come a kilometer is less than a mile but a kilogram is more than a pound? What kind of system is that?
This is getting really sticky.
Do you have a plastic bag that I can use to carry these mangoes/berries?

Will you hold my bag of mangoes/berries while I find my passport/bongoes/toilet paper?

It won't be easy to carry those mangoes/berries to the bus station tomorrow morning.
Actually, I think I'll just leave these mangoes/berries at the hotel.
Did we ever get a wastebasket in this room?

Do you think I could flush these mangoes/berries down the toilet or would something bad happen?
This drain isn't working. The drain is clogged.
You better get your luggage and shoes off the floor.
Your backpack is leaking.
What is this sticky stuff on your back pack?
What's this in the bottom of the backpack?

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