From personal experience, a stack of ironed and neatly folded handkerchiefs in my suitcase looks a lot like “more than €10,000 in cash” per the security person manning the x-ray at Paris Nord

I think that often the *real* reason is even worse than the superficial one! Not always, but often

It’s a “WOW!” as in “WOW! Look what I could be doing too! Why didn’t I think of it before?”

As long as they are not only talking about the sauce

Jamaica Poverty Level (2023)... 8.1%
US Poverty Level (2023)... 11.1%

Jamaica Home Ownership Rate (2025)... 83.17% 43rd Worldwide
US Home Ownership Rate (2025)... 65.9%, 172nd Worldwide

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“Oh. Hello. [pause] Um. [pause] Could I have [reel off order, that I have been rehearsing the whole time while in the queue, clearly and slowly] please?” … “Yes. That’s everything. Thank you”

(UK answer)

But it’s not enough to call it Gandhi Road. It has to be Mahatma Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi Marg or some such. And people end up never calling it by its actual name.

I’ve lived in India, where EVERYTHING (roads, stations, airports, hospitals etc.) has to be given the name of a patriotic, culturally significant, historical figure.

The "Hey, Clive of India!" line cracks me up each time.

And. I get to be a bit smug imagining that not many British people (white or brown) get the reference. (Although, I'm sure a fair fraction do).

What I probably really look like