Tuesday, September 17, 2024

so she said...



why the long face?




Sunday, September 15, 2024

bangkok, oriental city




or is it?


no...


its official name is;

Krung Thep Mahanakhon Amon Rattanakosin Mahinthara Ayuthaya Mahadilok Phop Noppharat Ratchathani Burirom Udomratchaniwet Mahasathan Amon Piman Awatan Sathit Sakkathattiya Witsanukam Prasi


try saying that after a few sabai sabais and stay fashionable!



Wednesday, September 11, 2024

satsuma samurai!


dig satsumas?





into samurai?




well...
you will loove the satsuma samurai!


get into japanese history of the 17th century

with all the fun and frolics of 

the tokugawa shogunate!

ming china!

and

all the satsuma samurai you can handle!



Monday, September 09, 2024

BANGING BEES






quem sabia que falavam português na ilha de wight?



Saturday, September 07, 2024

marchando sin letras


Has nunca escuchado el himno nacional de espana?

esta .... okay

pero

las letras no son muy imaginativas





porque no hay!


varios han intentados de poner letras

por ejemplo, franco

(que sorpresa que un fascista quisiera hacerlo)

ahora pero oficialmente no se las usan



naturalmente

mucha gente en el gran extranjero no saben este hecho

que nos ha regalado unos momentos super chistosos





bwajajajaja!



Thursday, September 05, 2024

Ortega cavó otro hoyo!







el $50bn (no) canal Nica continua a no occurir despues de siglos...







quizas en vez de un tirano ex rebelde y un empresario chino poco fiable
se necesita a dale!




Tuesday, September 03, 2024

maKedonia

@dennis.fang Replying to @peowpeowpeow22 Why I pronounce “Macedonia” with a “k”. #Macedonia #Macedon #AlexanderTheGreat #AncientGreece #History #AncientHistory ♬ original sound - Dennis


back in 1295 

i was sitting on the steps outside a hostel on a balmy athenian night

chatting away to some peeps and asking advice for cheap eats nearby

(with a random e who would change my world and a who wouldnt)

the american bloke mentioned a nearby restaurant, macedonia

and called it maKedonia


that sounded odd

and i thought

typical gringo tonto 

(osea unas palabras parecidas en ingles)


the correct pronunciation question has sat percolating in my brain

since that long distant time

but never near enough to the top to actually be arsed to find the answer


skip forward those 730 years

it occurred to me to ask my hellenic good mate

the estimable kýrios chickens

(a bit of portu/greco/frankish humour there)

and the gringo wasnt so tonto after all!

it is maKedonia!

gah!


lesson - dont count your chickens, but do ask them about greek pronunciation 

(and perhaps something re generalising about nationalities)




Sunday, September 01, 2024

hibi bebe

 



Hello Bill, chernobyl
I feel ill, hospitil
...


Īe, soredewa arimasen!

earthquake!
tsunami!
nuclear power plant bang on the coast!

Sugoi kinchō-kan!



Friday, August 30, 2024

word of the weak - synecdoche



 

Using the name of a part for that of the whole or the whole for the part; or the special for the general or the general for the special.


(nb other cities are available Charlie)



Wednesday, August 28, 2024

The Unbearable Weight of Self Reference





whats this?
nicky wicky made a film that didnt suck?

yes its true!
its delightfully silly fun
with what have to be knowing references to his real life


its the first nicky film ive bothered to watch in a looong time
back in the in 1690s
he was in so many COOL films
snake eyes, leaving las las vegas, honeymoon in vegas, wild at heart
were all interesting/bleak/mental/funny with a healthy dash of COOL
even the action twattery of face off and con air
were good fun
and not TOO insulting to the viewers intelligence

then
he made a seemingly never ending torrent of utter shite...
(apparently he went broke investing in the south sea housing burbuja)
"Yes yes yes, it's a fantastic house, Nicholas. Now. Have you got any unshit films?"

welcome back nicky wicky
hope youve got your burbujas under control now...


Monday, August 26, 2024

Takes the biscuit




che 'l'attuale scopata'?


chi cazzo sono?
perche cazzo suonano in un negozio di abbigliamento?
perche cazzo cantano del cibo spazzatura?


e
chi se ne frega?


Friday, August 23, 2024

Wednesday, August 21, 2024

A.D 88 - il n'y est plus








 


alain delon il ne se sent jamais seul
alain delon personne ne me connait...





vale et bon voyage dans la grande piscine au-delà bel homme


Monday, August 19, 2024

Wednesday, August 14, 2024

como se acabo el periodo colonial en america latina...




muy informativo no? 

algunas preguntas?

no - bueno, que tengas un buen dia

sip - mandalas a la gente que hizo el video, cabron!



Monday, August 12, 2024

nice try, dead guy





its worse than that
hes dead jim
dead jim
dead



Friday, August 09, 2024

meɪɫ ɔɹdɝ ɡaɪd...



 
so i got a letter
in the letter was my reward for being a patreon 
to the excellent linguistics podcast
lingthusiasm (highly recommended!)
its a branded ipa lens cloth 
pretty cool
even if you dont wear glasses

i had forgotten it was coming
as it was supposed to show 18 months ago
so it was a pleasant surprise

a surprise i say?

accompanying was a letter from the post office
apologising for the delay 
stating that it was due to it being -

"part of an ongoing police investigation"

what the fuck kind of ongoing police investigation involves an ipa lens cloth?


ænsɝz ɔn ə  bɔm θɹɛt pɫiz



Tuesday, August 06, 2024

doble carbonara en lima




hace mil anos

me econtre en limalandia

se hacia buen tiempo

estuvimos en el casco viejo

despues de dar un paseo

admirando la arquitectura colonial

(mientras tratando de no pensar de donde venia el dinero para construirla)

yo vi una restaurante 'italiano'


normalmente yo evito los restaurantes 'italianos' 

cuando no estoy en italia

porque en general

los proprietaros no conocerian un pansotto de una fabbrica italiana automobili torino  

pero el jefe nos saludo y hablaba italiano muy bien





asi eligimos sentarnos a comer

fuera en la plaza

yo ordene un mio plato italiano preferido

spaghetti alla carbonara

y eran riquisimos!



cuando regreso el jefe y nos pregunto en italiano

'y que tal la comida?'

estuvimos todos contentos

y lo felicitamos...





entonces satisfecho, lleno y en uno con el mundo

cuando nos pregunto si quierian otro plato

decide impulsivamente que quisiera el mismo otra vez


todos se reian

pero yo insisti

el mismo otra vez....





doble carbonara
ñam ñam!



Sunday, August 04, 2024

Maximón ooo San Simón


Un santo bebedor, fumador y mujeriego


San Simon Shrine in Chichicastenango, Guatemala.
El Santuario de San Simón en Chichicastenango, Guatemala


El santo mas chido es guatemalteco. no se necesita a la virgen de guadalupe en guatemala, ni a los santos peninsulares, Tienen san simon. Un santo que fuma, bebe y saca a la gente de la cárcel.



San Simon in a bar.
San Simon en un bar en Guatemala.



'San Simón, o Maximón, el mismo personaje con dos nombres. San Simón es el santo español no reconocido y Maximón es el chamán maya. Es el santo principal en Guatemala y puedes ver efigies suyas en todas partes, algunas en santuarios especiales que cambian de casa cada año y otras en lugares menos probables como bares o peores. Siempre tiene un aspecto más o menos parecido: con bigote, sombrero de vaquero, un cigarrillo colgando de la boca y rodeado de una gran cantidad de decoraciones coloridas y extrañas.'

'Se dice que viajaba incesantemente por Guatemala, bebiendo, fumando, teniendo sexo con mujeres, pero por lo demás haciendo el bien a todo el que conocía.'

'La gente viene y le deja regalos de alcohol y cigarrillos y enciende velas delante de él. Le dejan playboys porque le gustaban mucho las mujeres. Se sienta con una canasta llena de monedas en su regazo, un cigarrillo en la boca, una botella de licor y una escopeta a su lado.'



No todos necesitamos a un San Simón?


Friday, August 02, 2024

il leone del deserto (contro i fascisti di merda)





una storia terribile
della brutalita dei fascisti italiani in libia
quando cercavano di rifare l'impero romano
nel secolo scorso
si, 
quegli italiani
la 'brava gente'...

infatti
il termine 'genocidio' e usato
ed e adatto
poi si sono comportati cosi pure
in etiopia, nel ex yugoslavia e in grecia

momo qadafi ha pagato $30 milla dollari per finanziarlo
ed e ben speso
anche se gli attori principali erano inglesi
per i beduini ed i fascisti
e quasi tutto il dialogo era in inglese
che e un gran peccato
ma immagino che era fatto nella speranza di darlo una udienza internazionale
(che poi non e funzionato)

communque era bannato in italia per quasi venti anni!