arrested for?

[tielan]

Saw this on FB, got curious.

If I got arrested, based on what you know of me, what do you think it would be for?

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[thothmes]

Ummm... I know nothing of the habits of the Australian constabulary, but I'd put my money on some form of driving while not Australian, in spite of the fact that the moment you opened up your mouth, it would put a lie to that charge.

My mom has a friend who rejoices in the first name of Jane who keeps getting asked what her "Chinese name" is and when she came to America. The only thing that is Chinese about her name is her surname, which is now her middle name, since she married an Anglo, and her ancestors came to America in the 1800's.

[tielan]

You know, if people got pulled over for "driving while non-white" here, the cops would have their jobs cut out for them in the cities. :)

I suspect in NT, you're more likely to get pulled over for 'driving while black', but probably not so much elsewhere.

Although the "no where do you really come from" question is always fun.

[thothmes]

Well, from what I know of you, you seem like the law abiding type, so no other offenses came to mind.

When I was in grad school in Michigan, where the vowels are flatter and broader than my Northeastern accent (think about the sound of the actress who played Amanda, Spock's mother in the original Star Trek as closer to my accent, and Richard Dean Anderson as closer to theirs) I kept getting asked whether I was going back to England over the break, and how long had we been in this country. I pointed out that I'd never been to England, that most of my family had come to this country before the Revolution, (my Canadian grandfather and an Irish great-grandmother being the exceptions). Still, at least I had to open my mouth to earn the question, instead of getting it by virtue of wearing my own face.