runner up

The other day the lady sitting next to me on the plane asked, "do you speak English?"

Turned out she wanted to chat. Me, I would have opted for a different opening, something like, "how bout dem cowboys?"

It was ironic that it happened when it did because I had just spent four days with an old friend of mine from high school who kept telling me how I was the second whitest Asian in high school (Jamie Woo took first place). Next time if someone asked if i spoke English, i'm going to brag about my runner up trophy in the white washed competition.