For the purposes of your own amusement, consider that my cube-mate Bob speaks with a Cockney brogue, and that all the other lines were delivered in a mix of German and German-accented English.
FACC, Wednesday, 3:30pm
Marian, a lead design engineer prone to wearing colourful t-shirts that are just slightly too tight, stands near the window with a pair of binoculars. All others are seated at their desks.
Marian: Hey, I think that's my girlfriend out there...
Andreas: On the runway?
Marian: Yeah, I think...yes, it's definitely her.
Andreas: Where? Loading that plane over there?
All rise and commence peering out the window
Marian: At first I wasn't sure, but it's definitely her. She works for Lufthansa. Raises binoculars again.
Bob: (quietly) Funny, I didn't see anyone with a white cane.
Kari: snickers
Andreas, Marian, all Austrians within earshot: What?
Kari: (realizing no one else understood the joke) guffaws
Bob: Oh...because a blind person would carry a white cane, and I figured she'd have to be blind to...nevermind.
Andreas: (catching on) Ha! She cannot see! Commences hilariously inappropriate imitation of a (seemingly hunchbacked) blind person walking with a cane
Marian: (looking indignant) Of course she can see. She's a flight attendant.
All but Marian: raucous laughter
20 minutes later...
Ernst, Lead Stress Engineer (and my boss), approaches
Ernst: Bob, what was going on before? I heard you all laughing.
Bob: Oh, nothing really. Marian saw his girlfriend working out on the runway.
Ernst: ...Marian's girlfriend is a dental hygenist.
Kari, Bob: raucous laughter
Ernst: What?
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I'm afraid I don't get it =/
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