Happy Khmer New Year (winners)
(recently-arrived) copy editors who just read an article on the subject vs. freakishly happy (Cambodian) bar girls. round one.
1:So, how do you celebrate Khmer New Year?
2:Oh, we give food and drink to the angel!
1:Like offerings?
2:Offerings, yeah. This year, the angel likes to drink blood so we give blood!
1:Oh, uh, of course, like red juice, right?
2:Yeah, and Coca Cola. That counts, too. But it's not so good the angel wants blood. I think this year there will be a lot of accidents!
3:Yeah, last time there were so many accidents all year long. So many! It was such a bad year!
1:...
1:Huh. So, uh, we've really got good timing.