A conversation:
Me: I'm slathered in sunscreen, I have too many freckles.
Diana: ...you get freckles from the sun? I thought you were born with them!
Me: ?!
Diana: You know, cos only Europeans get them, I thought it was genetic. Stop laughing!
Me: Well it is genetic... but it's genetic to get them when we go out in the sun.
Five minutes later:
Me: Hang on, Diana, HAVE YOU NEVER SEEN A EUROPEAN BABY? They don't have freckles! They're all, all pink and rosy-cheeked and stuff!
Diana: Yes but, don't laugh at this... I thought it was like... well, babies are born without hair, but they grow it later, right? I thought it was the same with freckles! I said stop laughing!
Me: I'm slathered in sunscreen, I have too many freckles.
Diana: ...you get freckles from the sun? I thought you were born with them!
Me: ?!
Diana: You know, cos only Europeans get them, I thought it was genetic. Stop laughing!
Me: Well it is genetic... but it's genetic to get them when we go out in the sun.
Five minutes later:
Me: Hang on, Diana, HAVE YOU NEVER SEEN A EUROPEAN BABY? They don't have freckles! They're all, all pink and rosy-cheeked and stuff!
Diana: Yes but, don't laugh at this... I thought it was like... well, babies are born without hair, but they grow it later, right? I thought it was the same with freckles! I said stop laughing!
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