Scatter · 29 January 2002
Sunday afternoon. Two middle-aged women sit at a table in a bar. I come in to purchase cigarettes.
“Hey you’re speaking English, you see this is funny because I heard you say “Ewan McGregor” – I mean, that was what led me to notice you were speaking English – and it’s funny hearing someone say “Ewan McGregor” in a Scots accent in a place where hardly anyone speaks English, kind of like hearing an Israeli say “Bibi Netanyahu” in New Jersey; anyway so yeah I don’t live here I’m two towns over and I’m an axe murderer but I also call square dancing on Tuesdays, so right, have something of an afternoon, and take care bye!”
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