The Day A White Man Said 'Magehai' To A Chinese Man

Last week, I was playing poker with Boy and a few other people when one Hongkie came to the table to take a seat.

Immediately, a white man shouted, "Mr. Chan, magehai magehai".
The guy wasn't angry, instead he was all smiley and excited as though he was happy to see Mr. Chan.
Mr. Chan just replied, "Ah, magehai" calmly as though it was a normal reply to someone who just said that so loudly to him.

It was bizarre, really, because 'magehai' means your mother's private part in Cantonese and to see a white man shouting that loudly, with a happy expression to a Chinese man, who in return, wasn't angry at all and instead replied him calmly with those exact words.

The white man kept saying those words to Mr. Chan every few hands but I didn't wanna say anything until one time when the white man shouted those words really loud when someone lost a pot. I decided to be cheeky so I wagged my forefinger at him (signalling 'no') and told him "No bad words at the table, please".

The white man's eyes widened and he said, "Bad word? I thought magehai is a form of greeting like how are you... or maybe saying it after someone wins a pot means 'good'. Nobody told me it was a bad word. Well, I never asked actually. I heard people saying it, so I followed".

No wonder the white guys kept saying it with such a happy expression.
This probably wasn't the first time this white guy said those words to Mr. Chan, so he probably couldn't be bothered and just calmly replied him.
Can't blame Mr. Chan for not telling the white guy coz he didn't asked in the first place.

Anyway, I told the white guy, "No, magehai is not really a bad bad word. It just means you have a long dick. So you have to say "I am ...... "" and he continued with magehai.
I said, "Yes, that's right".

He knew I was joking, so I was being mean. Geordies are known to have a good sense of humour.