I don't know if this is one of those "you'd have to be there" incidents, but this totally made me laugh.
One of my roommates is Arabic (he came to America to learn English) and only speaks a little bit of English. He moved in recently so I haven't figured out how to pronounce--let alone spell--his name, so I'll just refer to him as "the Arabic dude." He was cooking chicken today, and here's how our conversation went:
Arabic dude: "You eat chicken?"
Me: "Chicken? No, I don't eat meat."
Arabic dude: "You eat chicken?"
Me: "Nah, I just don't eat meat."
Arabic dude: "No meat, but eat chicken?"
Me: "No, I don't eat any meat."
Arabic dude: "This chicken. This not meat. You eat chicken."
Me: "No, I don't eat meat: no chicken, no pork, no beef... no meat."
Arabic dude: "You don't eat chicken?"
[Short pause]
Arabic dude: (solemnly, as if he just heard someone died) "I'm sorry."
Me: "It's okay."