SPEAKING IN TONGUES (July 26, 2009)

The guests at the neighboring restaurant table speak only French and English, but the waiter speaks only Croatian and German. The owner of the restaurant comes to the waiter’s rescue, but he speaks only Croatian, German, and Italian. Somehow he manages to point the guests toward the grill. “Baaa, baaa,” he says. “Ah,” smiles one of the guests, “lamb!” Nearly everyone around the table is happy, but one of the guests wants something else. “Mooo, mooo,” he says and makes horns with his index fingers raised to his ears. “Ah,” the owner of the restaurant also makes horns with his fingers and nods in agreement, “beef!” Speaking in tongues, everyone is as happy as happy can be.