After a quick jaunt through the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam, it was time to take a train back to reality to meet up with the girls. The train was unusually full, so we walked from car to car in search of seats. When we hit the last car, we were surprised to see a TV camera and a photographer filming a local celebrity reading a book over a microphone for National Book Week to promote reading on the trains (which I do daily). We were especially surprised when we saw what he was reading: Holidays on Ice by David Sedaris, a comedian from Raleigh often heard on NPR (you might remember a link to his article about Sinterklaas a few months back). Of course, we couldn't understand anything beyond Macy's and a few references to Santa, so we weren't laughing. Sadly, neither was anyone else. Perhaps the humor was lost in translation. It must have been a slow news weekend, because a similar photo was on Monday's front page.
Wednesday, March 28, 2007
Humor on the Train...
After a quick jaunt through the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam, it was time to take a train back to reality to meet up with the girls. The train was unusually full, so we walked from car to car in search of seats. When we hit the last car, we were surprised to see a TV camera and a photographer filming a local celebrity reading a book over a microphone for National Book Week to promote reading on the trains (which I do daily). We were especially surprised when we saw what he was reading: Holidays on Ice by David Sedaris, a comedian from Raleigh often heard on NPR (you might remember a link to his article about Sinterklaas a few months back). Of course, we couldn't understand anything beyond Macy's and a few references to Santa, so we weren't laughing. Sadly, neither was anyone else. Perhaps the humor was lost in translation. It must have been a slow news weekend, because a similar photo was on Monday's front page.
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