The Melancholy Korean

"Give me some good news, captain."

"Jesus, Mell. You sound like shit."

"I said good news, captain."

(silence)

"Doesn't look good, Mell. Russert died of heart attack, you see that?"

"Yeah. Pretty shitty."

"Dollar's weakening again, Mell. Don't like it. Oil is through the roof, corn prices have gone nuts 'cause of the flood..."

"Your metaphors are something to behold, captain."

(silence)

"What the hell happened, Mell?"

"Got sick in Kyoto."

"Too much fun with the geisha girls?"

"She wasn't a geisha."