That was the most amazing non-conversation ever

At the risk of appearing racist and probably just a big fat jerk, I'm gonna dedicate this post to certain women of Chinese descent. Now, I understand that English as a second language is clearly difficult to master and I'd like to go on the record as claiming that I'm usually pretty good at understanding what they're saying despite their accents (probably due to my parents' accents). I can understand English, English with a slight accent and even English with a wicked accent, but English with a wicked accent plus incessant laughter?BUT why in the world do you find it necessary to laugh so much mid sentence?!? No, now you're just testing my patience.

You're probably wondering how much of the Chinese thing all fits in... well, here goes. I constantly overhear two Chinese women attempt (word used loosely) to speak English, which is fine, they deserve an "A" for effort, but a string of laughter is ALWAYS inserted mid statement.

Yep, always. I kid you not, there is sometimes more laughter than words (by then, of course, any words that do come out seem like utter jibberish anyway). Case in point, this morning I had an entire conversation with an individual whom I couldn't understand because she was too busy laughing while speaking (yes, she could do both at the same time). Wasnt the first time, won't be the last...

Suffice it to say, I've learned to survive her mind melding trickery by refusing to listen but making it a prerogative to get my points across, ONLY. She's none the wiser and I've successfully avoided trying to decipher something as foreign to me as an intercepted German WW2 message. GO USA!