Wednesday, May 17, 2006

Why the Brits are Cooler Than Us

("Us" in this case being Americans, not the Chinese.)

If I ask an American to do something:

Me: Can you fix this memory leak?
Finn: Yeah.
Me: I'll assign the bug to you then.
Finn: Okay.

That was all right, nothing to write home about. Now witness this same exchange with a Brit! Suddenly it's so much more interesting!

Me: Can you fix this memory leak?
Alipé: Could do.
Me: I'll assign the bug to you then.
Alipé: Brilliant.