Lost in Translation

[Mike Handley]

During the first mile of the six-hour drive to Atlanta, when the four of us were desperate to think about anything except Xanadu in the rearview mirror, Sandra asked “So how do condoms work in your country?”

 

Staring at the tag on the back of Teresa’s rental in front of us, she was referring to automobile license plates. My ears must’ve heard “car registration,” which is how I avoided a potentially embarrassing explanation, but my brain heard condom.

 

I thought immediately of the tiny piece of paper in my wallet that bears the word “adieu.” I once used the phrase “bidding adieu” in a conversation with my wife, after which her eyes narrowed like a raptor’s upon sight of a treeless squirrel.

 

“What do you mean, ‘beating a jew?’” she huffed.

[bolton carley]

okay, mike, i'm laughing, too.  first off - congrats on the 100th!  i know you waited on it.  2nd - a treeless squirrel?  you are so good!  and 3rd - what a great way to start off by getting our attention!  4th - hear you on the deafness.  pun intented.

[Gita]

There's a reggae song, "The Israelite," by Desmond Dekker that I DEFY you to translate without looking up the lyrics. I can get exactly 11 words in the whole song.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1e2aRfqp1sY

 

 

 

[Dorothy Hoffman]

Inspired.

[Sandra Davies]

Aaah yes, the 'terror pork chops" ...

[jkdavies]

song lyrics are the worse... they stick. I couldn't for the life of me work out why Macy Gray sang "I wear goggles when you are not near"... apparantly she meant to say "My world crumbles... etc"

[Travis Smith]

This piece, along with the comments makes me wish we were all meeting again next week

[Edward Dean]

Gorgeous fun Mike. I can relate, it's called selective hearing.

One evening, Nanc went in from the back deck and shouted thru the open window,

"do you want six?"....... I responded, "Sex?....... sure but I need to take a shower first."

Which she curiously asked, "Why do you need to take a shower to watch the news on channel six?"

[Michael Brown]

Don't get that hearing fixed my man. You will be able to provide us all with hearty laughter for meals, I mean miles to come.

@T, I looked quickly at your comment and read home-wrecker. It works on sight as well as sound.

What can we make of HoWrUnow? HoW Retirees Union, NOT Old Writers. [highlight the answer]

[Sandra Davies]

So THAT's why you kept rambling on about cars and 'different every state' ... I did wonder.

[Wendy]

Ha ha ha ha ha....