18 February 2004 ~ subtitles

Wouldn't it be great if people came with subtitles?

We have a foreign lady in the office, and I feel somewhat like Mel Gibson in Chicken Run when having trouble trying to understand what the Scottish Chicken is trying to say. The rambling words...blank expression...shrug of the shoulders. um...what did she just say?

With subtitles, as long as they were in English, I wouldn't have that problem anymore. The same goes for a loud club when you try and order drinks - the barman can simply read off the subtitles which drinks I want - no miscommunication...no shouting...no wrong drinks.

Subtitles would be the perfect solution to any communication problems in the world...almost.

Of course, the positioning of the sutitles would be instrumental in this too. Don't want to be blamed for looking at the breast region when speaking to a woman, when all you are really doing is trying to understand them.