Come Again?

Last October I was selected by my company for a white-gloved tour of South Korea. It was an amazing experience that I’ll never forget for many reasons. I won’t go into much detail about here but during one of the “Presidential Dinners” a speaker, also a South Korean native, stepped up to the podium to give a speech. I’m not sure what the main point of the speech was or if there was other key points, but at one point during the speech he talked about a recent visit to his Doctor.

He said his Doctor told him that the act of clapping is good for you and that by clapping, similar to “Laughing”, I suppose, it will cause the body to release endorphins and make you feel better.

However, if you’ve ever known a person of Asian descent – you’ll understand that they tend to have a problem with the letter “L”, which they often pronounce with an “R” sound instead. So to 're-tell' the story again, as it was delivered to a room full of people over a very loud microphone – what he really said was:

He said that his Doctor told him that “Crapping” is good for you and that by crapping a lot, it causes the body to release endorphins and make you feel better so that’s why he likes to crap as much as possible and wherever he can. “I love to Crapp” he told us, and he looked very happy to be sharing that with us.

When his speech was over I, like everyone else in the room, clapped.