As I read this funny quote (it is real) I remembered something that had just happened a few days ago that concerned identities.
Now first, you must know that when my mom arrived to the United States from China, she changed her name from Quinmen Zhang* to Mary Zhang*. On the other side of the family, my dad’s last name was Zhu*, as was mine.
That afternoon, I took my dog out to get the mail. When I came back, I looked at the mail that my household had received (I always do that).
A few things. An blue and red envelope, a blue and red envelope, a blue and red envelope, another BLUE AND RED ENVELOPE?
They were all the same ad!
Each was addressed to someone different, and here’s the funny part: They were addressed to Quinmen Zhang, Quinmen Zhu, Mary Zhang, Mary Zhu.
It got a chuckle out of my mom when I started calling her with different names. It’s funny how sometimes ad companies can really get mixed up with names.
* Names have been changed.
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thats funny. that reminds me; i don’t know what happened, but the people that control what mail goes to who must have got confused or some thing, because we received a box from the UPS place and inside it was (chuckle) a pair of underwear!