I'll have a Vaaadka

The Residents of United States Of America are really funny creatures. I had heard this from
a lot of my friends but somehow never believed in it. Now, having had a first hand experience
i cant deny what they told me... these guys are really funny !

Saturday night... we friends, Prasanna, Abhi & myself, decided to party out, hit a few bars,
grab something to eat..and the likes. So we headed towards one of the well know bars.
No sooneer than we got our asses on the chairs, a blonde walks up to us with menus in her hand..

"Hi!, I am Amanda and i will be your server today. Would you guys like something to drink?"
Prasanna: "Yea, a Bud light for me."
Abhi: "A Presidente margarita for me"
Me: " I"ll have a Vodka Martini" ( being the Vodka lover i am... i had to start off with this)
Amanda: "A WaterMelon...."
Me (thinking): Did i say Watermelon... am i already drunk..cant be!!!
" A Vodka Martini" i told her again
Amanda: (now giving me a confused smile) " A Vooott..what ?"
Me (thinking): is she nuts or am i saying something wrong ??
"A Grey Goose Vodka Martini" i told her once again.

I think she caught the words Grey Goose ( btw, its the best Vodka ever!!)

Amanda: "Ahhhh !! Vaaadka Martini!"
Me (thinking): Oh..so they say Vaaadka and not Vodka. This kinda irked me..
Me: "Amanda, how do you say V O T E ?" i asked her
Amanda: "Vote" ( she said it just the way we say it)
Me: "and how do you say V O D K A?"
Amanda: "Vaaadka". and she smiled... "I dont know why they say it that way..its always been like that"
and smiled again. She got my point !
and i got to know that its said "Vaaaaaaaaaaaaaaddkkaaaaaaa!"

So next time any one of you guys order for Vodka, you know what to say !!

Fast Food joints.. you'll find them everywhere here.. just like the way we find pan shops in India.
So we walk into a one of those. Bala, my friend is the first to go to the counter.

Girl: "Hi, How may i help you?"
Bala: "Hi, i'd like a number 7 please"
Girl: "Crispy or Grilled?"
Bala: "Crispy"
Girl: "Lettuce, tomatoes?"
Bala: "Both"
Girl: "mayonise, mustard?"
Bala: "Both"
Girl: "Ranch, BBQ sauce?"
Bala: "Both"

Abhi & myself were behind him and we were already beginning to smile. This was getting funny..
Bala was going on answering blindly.. "Both","Both","Both"..
Finally,
Girl: "For here or To Go?"
Bala: "Both"

Abhi & myself burst out laughing.. the girl at the counter had the most confused look i have
ever seen on anyone.. Bala at first didnt understand what was going on and then he it hit him.

We were laughing our entire dinner.
"Both!!!"

In India, you go to a restaurent, get a table and you are seated, a waiter comes swooping
in and places glasses of water on the table. Thats customary. Its not the case in the US of A.
You gotta order it. And here's how you are supposed to do it.

"I'll have a glass of regular water, No Ice, No Lemon, No Straw!"