[BNM] [OT] Fwd: FW: PHOENIX MAN BECOMES FIRST AMERICAN TO GRASP SIGNIFICANCE OF SARCASM

[Laura Howard]

On 3/22/06, james wrote:
> Chuck Fullmer, 38, yesterday became the first American to get to grips with
> the concept of sarcasm. "It was weird" Fullmer said. "I was in London and
> like, talking to this guy and it was raining and he pulled a face and said,
> "Great weather eh?" and I thought - "Wait a minute, no way is it great
> weather". Fullmer then realised that the other man's 'mistake' was in fact
> deliberate.
>
> Fullmer, who is 39 next month and married with two children, aged 8 and 3,
> plans to use sarcasm himself in future. "I'm, like, using it all the time"
> he said. "Last weekend I was grilling steaks and I burned them and I said:
> "Hey, great weather."
>
> jim

I don't get it. England's weather sucks 80% of the time. Maybe the
American was in London during good weather....