Comedy Central and a Saturday night sidecar
The title sums it up. The RC UN delegation arrived in NYC yesterday and last night we hit the town. About 16 of us went out to dinner at Cancun, a tries-to-be, but not really, authentic Mexican restuarant on 53rd and 8th. It was great food, and a nice way to settle in. We then headed to HA! Comedy Club where we laughed our Finnish tushies off for a couple hours. In fact, we were so much in character, that when asked where we were from we replied with cheers “FINLAND!!” and led people to believe we were in fact Finnish.
At the comedy club we cheered on a few crude comedians and learned exactly what NOT to do in Committee sessions. At one point, a comedian came on stage and was talking about the importance of diversity, which is nice, and during his joke when he was rambling about races and different people, instead of saying diversity is important, or I like diversity he simply said “I am diversity.” This wasn’t even the punch line, but for reasons soon-to-be explained, the entire UN delegation started cracking up. We were the only ones laughing, everyone else was confused at why were were laughing. The comedian actually stopped his joke, looked at us and said “Now why in the hell are you laughing? That wasn’t funny, that wasn’t even the punchline.” Now me, being the outgoing personality that I am, I yelled to him “you said, I am diversity” at this point, bellies are being held and tears are streaming from our faces. “Yeah, so, what’s the big deal” he said. “That is not funny, you’re stupid.”… He didn’t get it.
That’s when we are looked around at each other and realized no one else was laughing. That’s when it hit us–we’re a bunch of nerds. Even on a night out in NYC, at a comedy club of all places, our biggest laugh will come from someone using incorrect grammer and no one else realizing it. Oh well, using our words carefully and being diplomatic is our job–apparently it now comes naturally.
We finished the night hanging out in the head delegates room and talking about cars. One delegate, whose name will remain confidential, drives a motorcycle and parks it in the front parking spots of bell all the time. If you see them, tell them they should either A) Move their motorcycle, or B) get a sidecar and take us to Wal-Mart.