|
You know, if it makes you feel any better, if you haven't had any bites yet, she probably didn't give you any fleas to take home with you. Furthermore, I suspect (since her English as you conveyed it was not great) that she meant that she has flea *bites* all over her. At the risk of grossing everybody out even more, I will tell you why I think this is the case. At my mother's house, there are 2 cats. They are outdoor/indoor cats, and in the summertime, no matter how many flea dips we give them or how often we replace their flea collars, they always manage to carry a handful of fleas on them. In all my summers living at that house, I have failed to go flea-bite free. At the same time, I have never carried a flea with me outside of my house and given it to someone else. Lacking body-covering fur, humans are not the most ideal place for a flea to hang out... and when they do attempt it, you can usually feel them (and then catch and kill them) before long (not to mention the flea-repellant effects of showering).
Since I come from a filipino family, this kind of conversation sounds only too familiar. Talking about your flea bites and how itchy you are is in the same vein of "my dog's picked up the habit of digging up my garden - I love the pup, but it's getting to be such a pain." Let's just hope the lady's conversation topics become more appropriate as her English improves.
__________________
"I've missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I've lost almost 300 games. Twenty-six times I've been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I've failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed."
(Michael Jordan)
|