{"id":2649,"date":"2020-11-21T06:51:36","date_gmt":"2020-11-21T06:51:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.getfunwith.com\/story\/?p=2649"},"modified":"2020-11-21T06:51:37","modified_gmt":"2020-11-21T06:51:37","slug":"a-mexican-man-who-spoke-no-english-went-into-a-department-store-to-buy-socks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.getfunwith.com\/story\/a-mexican-man-who-spoke-no-english-went-into-a-department-store-to-buy-socks\/","title":{"rendered":"A Mexican man who spoke no English went into a department store to buy socks."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A Mexican man who spoke no English went into a department store to buy socks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He found his way to the menswear department where a young lady offered to help him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Quiero calcetines,&#8221; said the man.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;I don&#8217;t speak Spanish, but we have some very nice suits over here,&#8221; said the salesgirl.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;No, no quiero trajes. 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