Patrick CP # 3

I met with my conversation partner Soultan at Birds Oyster Shack where they were putting on a comedy show. The restaurant/bar was a little divey, but very colorful and Soultan said they didn't have anything like this in Kuwait, largely owing to the fact that Alcohol was illegal there. I hadn't actually known that. When the comedians started, it turned out to be hit or miss, and it seemed Soultan and I thought different things were funny. Jokes that had me laughing aloud only got a blank stare from Soultan, while things that had him laughing I didn't find terribly funny. It was likely thanks to cultural differences, or Soultan not understanding certain cultural references that would make sense only to Americans. But we both enjoyed ourselves, and I was able to introduce him to some of my friends, so the actual level of funniness notwithstanding, it was a good night.

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