12:31 a.m. - 2005-07-06
Fugg you stork!
Well peeps,
Time to move onto London. What a super time i have had here in the motherland. Its truly is a beautiful place. I have managed to see quite alot and learned alot about the people here. The language thing is still quite difficult to grasp but im getting there. I Went with the best method of learning languages and that is to learn the swear words first. that way if you have no idea what people are talking about at least you can curse at them (seems to have worked so far:) ***
I guess the things that i will take with me from this place will be the kindness of family. You have no idea hos hospitable a hungarian family can be. They constantly give you things and offer ALL that they have. If i was in the final stages of liver failure (which i possibly could be from the megalitres of hungarian booze i have sloshed down), i know for sure they would offer me their liver. All part of their giving culture.
Some of the guys i have met have been so cool. Absolute champs. When you say you come from Australia, everyone wants to buy you a drink. I need some detox when i get home. The other night i was sitting at the pub with a bunch of guys, drinking and telling jokes. I told a few jokes which were then translated to hungarian. I would have to tell the joke to my cousin, wait for it to be translated and then heard the snorts and giggles. Occasionally one of my jokes was met with a bewildered look a whole bunch of eerie silence. It appears that no matter what language you speak, some things get completely lost in translation. I would love to share with you a joke which was told to me buy one of my new hungarian mates. Unfortunately his english is on par with my hungarian.
This is how it went (and i will quote him directly)
Hun: Okay..okay i tell joke Okay?
Me: Yep, fire it up
Hun: Okay...uh...first what is name of bird bringing baby?
Me: umm Stork....i think
Hun: Okay here joke. Stork fly in sky, in mouth has old man
Me: Ahuh..
Hun: Old man say " fugg you stork, find my mother"
(insert drums here) Badoom boom tish
(Hun breaks into hysterical laughter joined by the rest of the guys like a church choir)
Me: ahuh.....
So there it is, hope you guys enjoyed that one. I know it always get a round of applause when told in the pubs and clubs here. I was thinking about gathering some material from these guys and doing some stand up back home. Im sure it would supply me with enough rotten fruit to last out the rest of my days:)
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This method does not work as effectively when talking to grandparents
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