TENJEWBERRYMUDS...

HAVE A GOOD LAUGH FOR THE DAY...

You'll understand what 'tenjewberrymuds' means by the end of the conversation. This has been nominated for the best email of 2007.

The following is a telephone exchange between a hotel guest and room-service, at a hotel in Asia, which was recorded and published in the Far East Economic Review:

Room Service (RS) : Morrin. Roon sirbees.

Guest (G) : Sorry, I thought I dialed room-service.

RS : Rye.. Roon sirbees..morrin! Jewish to oddor sunteen??

G : Uh... yes. I'd like some bacon and eggs.

RS : Ow july den?

G : What??

RS : Ow july den?... Pryed, boyud, poochd?

G : Oh, the eggs! How do I like them? Sorry, scrambled please.

RS : Ow july dee baykem? Crease?

G : Crisp will be fine.

RS : Hokay. An sahn toes?

G : What?

RS : An toes. July sahn toes?

G : I don't think so.

RS : No? Judo wan sahn toes??

G : I feel really bad about this, but I don't know what 'judo wan sahn toes' means.

RS : Toes! toes!... Why jew don juan toes? Ow bow Anglish moppin we bodder?

G : English muffin!! I've got it! You were saying 'Toast'. Fine. Yes, an English muffin will be fine.

RS : We bodder?

G : No.. just put the bodder on the side.

RS : Wad!?

G : I mean butter... just put on the side.

RS : Copy?
G : Excuse me?

RS : Copy... tea... meel?

G : Yes. Coffee, please, and that's all.

RS : One minnie. Scramah eggs, crease baykem, Anglish moppin with bodder on sigh and copy...rye??

G : Whatever you say.

RS : Tenjewberrymuds.

G : You're very welcome.