China Blog #4

Another funny story I want to remember: while we were standing in the street eating mutton, a Chinese guy (middle-aged) came right up to me and stared from about 14" away. Every time I said anything, he said something unintelligible, while moving around me. I just ignored him; he seemed harmless enough. After a while I asked my sister in law what he was saying since I assumed he was speaking Chinese. She said he was merely mimicking everything he heard me saying, thinking he was speaking English!  Pretty soon this guy starts talking to my future brother in law; telling him how funny we look, because foreigners have large noses. I just looked at him and smashed my nose with my thumb. He didn't think it was funny...