Microwave popcorn

Last night I found myself at a friends house for a movie night.  There were 5 ladies there - three Americans, a Brit and an Italian/French lady.

At one point the (American) hostess brings out a bowl of freshly popped microwave popcorn and hands it to the Brit and Italian ladies. The Italian comments on how good the popcorn is and how quickly it was made. When the hostess said something about it being microwave popcorn the Italian asked, "how do you make popcorn in the microwave?"

Then there was that awkward silence as the 3 Americans looked slowly around the room at each other wondering if she was serious with that question.
 
The Brit finally broke the silence, as the Americans began to laugh realizing she WAS serious, and said "That's like asking an American how to boil an egg."

Poor thing, she had gone her whole life without knowing the beauty that is microwave popcorn. Tragedy.