Men's blazer

At a flea market I was selling clothes I no longer wore, including an orange men's jacket. I tried to sell it to every man who even looked at the jacket: "Two euros! It must look great on you!" One of them stopped for a moment. He found the color interesting, walked on calmly, laughed at my fanatical sales technique and said: "I'm going to try it on." I jumped out of my chair enthusiastically. To which he said: "Oh, I meant: I'll just pass on it." I sank back into my chair. "But nice language barrier!", he shouted laughing, with a nice Flemish accent.

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