Amusing thing that happened to me this morning...
I was on the bus, reading ("The Dark Is Rising", in English), and this lady got on the bus and evidently wanted to ask me if the bus stopped in a certain place (dunno which). The conversation went more or less like this:

Lady: (in Italian) Excuse me...
Me: *looks up from the book* *notices the lady staring at her book* Um... o.O;
Lady: Oh.. oh.. (in slow and hesitant English) Oh. Sorry. You are not from here.

Hehe. It would've been worth it to tell her "Oh no, I'm Italian" just to see the look on her face, but I really couldn't be bothered. I just shrugged and resumed reading.

Tells you something about how many people my age can be expected to read books in English, eh?