Saturday, April 28, 2007

QUIEN SABE? / WHO KNOWS?

Del chiste de la Asociacion de Pendejos? Un primo me lo conto hace unos anhos. En esa ocasion el lugar es un estadio de futbol. Juan le pregunta a un aficionado sentado a su lado, "oiga, donde esta el bano?" El fulano le responde, "esta alla", apuntando con el dedo de la mano derecha hacia un rumbo al otro lado del estadio. Ya le andaba a Juan y con mas ansiedad le pregunta, "si, senor, pero donde? No se donde apunta!" Entonces le responde de nuevo el fulano, "a si, perdon. mira, vez aguell pendejo con la camisa roja? " "Ok, si, ese pendejo" responde Juan. Le explica el fulano, "pues, el bano esta a ladito, a la izquierda del pendejo!" Los pendejos son utiles, por ejemplo, como punto de referencia. Un pendejo verdadero se conoce dondequeria, facilmente.
[si sabes de este chiste, dejame saber, mi amigo lector]

Some of the best jokes are the open-ended type, the anonymous ones, where the people add a new verse or a new twist and its passed on. Like a joke popular in Mexico, and probably lots of other places, about the Association of Pendejos (dumbshits) a few years ago. According to my cuz, the organization grows exponentially in certain periods, its relatively easy to join, no dues expected, and will accept any and everybody as a member! May be an ex-member ("ex", of course, he or she would have graduated to a classier group) knows a few verses. Don't know how it will translate because usually, I find that there's very fine nuances in comedy that only make sense in the language of origin. I'll post some if I get some.

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