Pepparkaka Confusion! Rated-X

So, 3 weeks ago, As I was normally rotting in my hellhole (room) like a carcass in the Sahara desert, my phone unexpectedly started ringing. Thinking that I was popular, I dashed as fast as I can to my phone, leaving my half-eaten sandwich floating around in midair until it landed on what used to be my pillow. (R.I.P.)

I answered the phone with an enthusiastic "hello", just to find out that it was my mom calling.

Losing all hopes of popularity I drifted back to my deathbed, and as I was just about to hang up, dear old mother asks "I'm at the supermarket right now, do you want me to get anything?"

Reminding myself of the usual Swedish holiday treats, I asked for something that is obviously a must for Christmas.... Pepparkakor!!


Little did I know that my mother's sense of comprehension over the phone is as dead as Heath Ledger, so I continued with my request "Hrrrm, yes mom, can you get some pepparkakor?"

It was then I noticed the confusion in her tone "Some what?" she replied.


"Some pepparkakor, pepparkakor"


"Say that again dear, speak up so I can hear better"


"Some PEPPARKAKOR!!! PePPaRRkaKKooooR!!!"



What happens next was the cause of 20-minute painful muscular contractions due to laughter.

Mom: "Peppercocks? Should I get some PepperCOCKS!?"
Me: *starts humor-based seizures* "no.. ha haaaaaa... som.. hm.. some .. PeppArKakoooooR!"
Mom: "Ok, now I can see the peppercocks, should i take the small ones or the big ones?
Me: "Mom, stop saying peppercocks!!"
Mom: "Why? Is it racist? if it is, then it's yout fault, you made me say it"
Me: "No No, nevermind, just get the big ones and come back here, . . . get some spotted dicks too!" *hangs up*



The latter half of the conversation was spoken in Tagalog so translation's a bit off due to the fact that me and my mother are idiom abusers!



I just thought I'd share this very delightful mistake, and I most of all, Christmas is in 2 days!!




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if anything....

just imagine......