in my break from studying, i just caught some of conan o'brien. wow...too funny. it's st. patrick's day, well, it was... anyway, i think was from last year, but conan was talking about going to find some people who didn't celebrate st. patrick's day and guess where the segment was filmed? haha...chinatown! woohoo! it was hilarious. he visited various stores, mostly full of chinese medicines or what i like to call "weird, smelly stuff" and quizzed them on their knowledge of st. patrick's day. one guy was like, "i know about the green." i think one of the funnier ones was where he went into a store asked a chinese girl to ask the female store owner what she thought about st. patrick's day and the whole exchange was taking place in mandarin and it was just funny.

store owner says like one word or two.
conan: "she just called me an irish bastard, didn't she?
the girl: "oh no, she said you're very handsome."
conan: "she didn't say that..."
the girl starts laughing
conan: "you just lied to me" (laughing)
later
store owner: "i don't know how to say it (i think she means in english), you say it."
the girl is like, "i'll translate for you..."
conan looks confused.
again later
conan: "just ask her if she thinks i'm handsome"
the girl: "do you think he's handsome?"
store owner: (laughs) "yes"
conan cheers in triumph

ok...the other super funny thing is there was this shot of two elderly men playing a violin and what looked like a banjo-type instrument - they're playing chinese-sounding music...old school...think kung-fu film tracks. anyway, then it pans to conan with a hat and bright green sport coat dancing around like a leprechaun. and later he's running down the streets of chinatown yelling "happy st. patrick's day" to random chinese people.

why did i find this sooo funny? it could be because i'm tired, and a bit stressed. but i think it's more that it just brightened my day - hooray for humor.