Nos divertiremos con esto
Yesterday at the public library, we picked up a real page-turner:
For a minute we wondered about whether the world really needed this pamphlet, but then we realized that of course it does. Think endless Photoshop possibilities, people.
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Comments (15)
Are there racist undertones accompanying this posting?
Posted by leinad | February 26, 2009 1:10 PM
No. The character's observations are true of people of all races.
Posted by Jack Bog | February 26, 2009 1:12 PM
Ok, just checking...back to your regularly scheduled programming...
Posted by leinad | February 26, 2009 1:41 PM
They are speaking Spanish because that is what they are doing in the original.
Posted by Jack Bog | February 26, 2009 1:41 PM
"Nadie paga."
Is that second frame original or Photoshopped? It means no one pays.
Posted by Steve | February 26, 2009 3:20 PM
Brilliant! Nice work.
For those of you that slept through high-school Spanish class, the dialog reads:
Woman: You have to pay to ride?
Man: These machines never work. Nobody pays. It's a joke.
Posted by Eric | February 26, 2009 3:45 PM
Ah, the joys of Babelfish.
I wish I had it when I was suffering through Spanish II circa 1983.
Posted by none | February 26, 2009 4:06 PM
Thanks for the translation, Eric.
Posted by Audaciously Hopeful | February 26, 2009 4:06 PM
Nos vamos al Palacio Municipal para utilizar los servicios publicos! Alli podemos *** los jovenes como el Alcalde Adams.
Posted by Mister Tee | February 26, 2009 5:01 PM
This is EXACTLY what it is like to use a ticket machine at a MAX station.
Last Sunday I rode the MAX from the airport after returning from a trip and the ticket machine was broken at the PDX terminal.
One would think TriMet would at least make it possible for riders to pay their fares before cutting service.
Posted by none | February 26, 2009 7:23 PM
One of the benefits of riding the Max is that you can learn some Spanish. Puertas a mi direcha! Problem is, how do you know which way the little polyglot is facing?
Posted by Allan L. | February 26, 2009 10:12 PM
Polyglot? Is that anything like tart?
The direction of travel is the assumed orientation of the Polyglot.
Posted by Mister Tee | February 27, 2009 7:06 AM
Interesting that TriMet has the money to publish free items like this, but can't operate fare machines that work.
Posted by Dave A. | February 27, 2009 9:57 AM
I'm a big fan of the "see where it takes you" slogan:
"Does this bus go to Broadway?"
"Just get on; see where it takes you."
Posted by jarb | February 27, 2009 11:33 AM
This is cool!
By the way, I'm supposed to give you this:
http://trimetblogs.blogspot.com/2009/02/tribune.html
Posted by b h | February 27, 2009 1:18 PM