Impossible!

I started on Pimsleur lesson #9 on my way home from work today. I discussed the ever important lesson 8 which addresses how to order beer and it was only appropriate that lesson 9 focus on trying to score with Asian chicks, which is apparently what most Pimsleur customers are looking for.

The whole situation kinda snuck up on me as the previous lessons have delved into food and drink and little bit with time and location such as now/later, here/there. Then lesson 9 starts to get into exact times, 1 o'clock, 2 o'clock, 8 o'clock, 9 o'clock. Then out of nowhere it reveals the word for "impossible" which leads to the final conversation of the lesson between a guy and girl:


Guy: Would you like to have a drink with me at 1 o'clock?
Girl: Impossible!
Guy: Would you like to have a drink with me at 2 o'clock?
Girl: Impossible!
Guy: Would you like to have a drink with me at 8 o'clock?
Girl: Impossible!
Guy: Would you like to have a drink with me at 9 o'clock?
Girl: Impossible!
Guy: Would you like to have lunch with me?
Girl: You do not understand what I am saying.


Much of what I read about the ex-pat social scene involves a bunch of desperate white computer geeks trolling Taipei for an Asian girlfriend that would be a solid two notches out of their league in the Western world. I wondered if that was really true but since it only took until lesson 9 to enforce that behavior, I think I can count on it.