Snow Days and American Humor

Here's to the end of a strange week! I have been on Walkabout un- ofically for the past month. I've been taking Elementary French 2 and English Composition at Columbus State. This set-up has proven difficult with Winterim (I chose to go on the Border Trip which cut into my class schedule and set me behind) and Senior Seminar still meeting twice a week. But this week was going to be the beginning of some sort of "Walkabout Normalcy"... then I was blessed with two snow days.
On Tuesday I checked four different sources of news for school cancellings before finally conceding and going to class. I had hope that Columbus State had been closed and possible forgotten to post it online but they were open (damn their efficiency and commitment to education). I got to class 15 minutes late, again hoping that maybe Professor Serrano had not bothered coming in, but again my hopes proved futile for he was directing group work and greeted me with a surprised "Bonjour!" Apparently he had been hoping the same thing for he not only was he wearing jeans and a sweatshirt (as opposed to his usual pressed khaki, starched white blouse, vest and contrasting tie) but also cut class more than an hour short.
Waiting on the ground floor of Franklin Hall for my mom to pick me up from class I began to realize that the only people in the building other than me and a slew of teachers were the ESOL students. Waiting I watched different ethnicities pass me either talking on their cell phones in Cantonese or conversing with a friend in Somali. About five minutes into my wait two women in their early twenties walked in through the main campus automatic doors (I was waiting at the parking lot doors). They were both wearing head scarves and long skirt and looked to be from East Africa if not specifically from Somalia. Stomping their boots on the carpet to rid them of the snow/ ice and salt mixture the taller of the two turned to the other and said "What nice weather we have outside...JOKE!" They both laughed and shuffled off to the staircase with what I hope were the intentions of sharing that Joke in the presence of as many people who have seen Borat as possible. I don't think that the two Somali girls realized their jokes connection to a certain Kazakhstani Travel Guide but as far as I'm concerned their joke was the best "Not" joke I've ever had the pleasure of eavesdropping on.