Is your mama in Sweden?!

Apparently, if you do a search on search.msn.se for “your mama,” this humble little blog is the second entry.  But do you see anything weird about that?  That’s searching MSN in SWEDEN!  

Chartreuse

Did you know you can text message Google from your phone?  It’s true, you can.  My friend Marc told me about it a couple of weeks ago and I finally had use of it last night.  Some friends and I were at La Madeleine for dinner and somehow we got on the topic of the color chartreuse.  One friend said it was a pink color and I said it was a green color.  We tried to come to agreement by hashing it out through such methods as arm-wrestling and Rock Paper Scissors, but to no avail.  

Then I remembered:  We can text message Google!

So I called Marc real quick to find out how to do it.  The number is ‘google’ spelled out but without the ‘e.’  (So I guess you could say the number is ‘googl.’)  He must think he has really pathetic friends with nothing better to do on a Friday night than to google Google about the color chartreuse.  (For the record, it was a lovely evening with dinner, a Chai Tea Latte, and a movie.)

Anyway, I sent the following text message to 46645:
DEFINE: chartreuse

I got the following reply:
The green-yellow color that is common among trees that have poor fall coloration of their foliage.

I like being right.

Searching for Your Mama

What’s the deal, people?  I keep getting hits on my blog from people searching MSN for ‘your mama.’  That’s so odd to me.  Just bookmark the site.  That might be easier.  Or at least leave a comment or something.  Sheesh.  

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Chinese

My friend Marc is learning Korean. He seems pretty good at it, although he can’t make all the sounds yet. Sometimes he has to make faces. Apparently that helps him with some of the vowels. Have you ever seen a very white guy speak Korean? It’s very odd. Sort of like the time I saw Jackie Chan singing Elvis’ “Fools Rush In.”

Anyway, in the spirit of learning foreign languages, let’s spend some time learning Chinese. Below are some common Chinese phrases and their translations.

Ah Tink Yu Fa Ni!: “You have a good sense of humor!”
Hu Flung Dung: "Which one of you fertilized the field?"
Hu Yu Hai Ding: "Are you harboring a fugitive?"
Wai Go Nao: "Do you really have to leave?"
Wai Yu Mun Ching: "I thought you were on a diet."
Wai Yu Shao Ting: "There is no reason to raise your voice."
Wai Yu Sing Dum Song: "You know the lyrics to the Macarena?"
Yu Stin Ki Pu: “Your body odor is offensive.”

Smarties

I ate two packages of Smarties today.  There were 5 yellows, 5 pinks, 8 purples, 4 greens, 2 oranges, and 6 whites.  I was glad that most of them had an even number so it would be easy eat them symmetrically (4 purple on left side, 4 purple on right side, etc.)  I only had to eat one yellow and one pink in the middle.  I always eat the white ones last.  I don’t know why.  I’ve eaten them last ever since I was a kid.  When I was in kindergarten, my mom was working at the church where I went to school so after school was over, I would just hang out with her with the rooms full of toys and no one to play with.  I remember eating Smarties then.  I don’t remember if I ate them symmetrically (I have a sneaking suspicion I did) but I do remember eating the white ones last.  What do you suppose that means?