A zillion years ago when I was in high school: Went to the local swimming pool with my brother's friend P. Got cold, so I got out. These businessmen from Taiwan were sitting nearby and struck up a conversation. . "What mean 'fork'?", one asked. We'd brought lunch, so we had plastic utensils. P showed them a fork. . "What mean 'push'?", the businessman asked. I pushed P to demo…