Comments on: Forget Leading a Double Life. Try Wrestling With Double Meanings http://www.queerty.com/forget-leading-a-double-life-try-wrestling-with-double-meanings-20090703/ Free of an agenda. Except that gay one. Wed, 15 Feb 2012 10:20:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: *J_C* http://www.queerty.com/forget-leading-a-double-life-try-wrestling-with-double-meanings-20090703/#comment-232376 *J_C* Wed, 04 Nov 2009 09:15:36 +0000 http://www.queerty.com/?p=59710#comment-232376 Chucho E. Quintero thats so true very few people forget that if you really want to laugh it all depends on you lol Chucho E. Quintero
thats so true very few people forget that if you really want to laugh it all depends on you lol

]]> By: Chucho E. Quintero http://www.queerty.com/forget-leading-a-double-life-try-wrestling-with-double-meanings-20090703/#comment-191051 Chucho E. Quintero Thu, 09 Jul 2009 15:14:16 +0000 http://www.queerty.com/?p=59710#comment-191051 OMG! How cute is it that an american man is trying to crack the code behind albures? :) I think the american equivalent to albures is closer to the "That's what she said" jokes than anything else. I remember one day when a friend and I were having dinner with some filmmakers in a film festival here in Mexico and one of them, a girl, said, in reference to her hot soup: "Oh, it's ok, I like to blow things...", and, as the only two mexicans on the table, we look at each other smiling, silently realizing mexicans never get bored thanks to our beautiful and unique sense of humor. :) Cheers! OMG! How cute is it that an american man is trying to crack the code behind albures? :)
I think the american equivalent to albures is closer to the “That’s what she said” jokes than anything else.
I remember one day when a friend and I were having dinner with some filmmakers in a film festival here in Mexico and one of them, a girl, said, in reference to her hot soup: “Oh, it’s ok, I like to blow things…”, and, as the only two mexicans on the table, we look at each other smiling, silently realizing mexicans never get bored thanks to our beautiful and unique sense of humor.
:) Cheers!

]]> By: Frunced http://www.queerty.com/forget-leading-a-double-life-try-wrestling-with-double-meanings-20090703/#comment-189556 Frunced Sun, 05 Jul 2009 01:10:42 +0000 http://www.queerty.com/?p=59710#comment-189556 I guess it would be funny in any language to say "mine's crooked" in the right context. I guess it would be funny in any language to say “mine’s crooked” in the right context.

]]> By: f123 http://www.queerty.com/forget-leading-a-double-life-try-wrestling-with-double-meanings-20090703/#comment-189549 f123 Sun, 05 Jul 2009 00:24:21 +0000 http://www.queerty.com/?p=59710#comment-189549 So they play with words, its really not that hard to understand the hidden meaning, Spanish is a very complex language so it makes it easier to use the same words in many different ways. So they play with words, its really not that hard to understand the hidden meaning, Spanish is a very complex language so it makes it easier to use the same words in many different ways.

]]> By: Frunced http://www.queerty.com/forget-leading-a-double-life-try-wrestling-with-double-meanings-20090703/#comment-189433 Frunced Sat, 04 Jul 2009 08:48:01 +0000 http://www.queerty.com/?p=59710#comment-189433 Blah, then I'm done trying to save my people. Mexico's surrealism can sometimes surpass any form of coherent human thought. Then again, America's way more filled of surprises than we are, isn't it? We make the news like once every blue moon in a gay blog (usually because some homo got killed, which happens everyday down here), whereas America gives us second by second Britney updates, and before that, we had MJ, Madonna, the Zodiac killer, etc, etc, etc, etc, etc. Blah, then I’m done trying to save my people. Mexico’s surrealism can sometimes surpass any form of coherent human thought. Then again, America’s way more filled of surprises than we are, isn’t it? We make the news like once every blue moon in a gay blog (usually because some homo got killed, which happens everyday down here), whereas America gives us second by second Britney updates, and before that, we had MJ, Madonna, the Zodiac killer, etc, etc, etc, etc, etc.

]]> By: Punchy Pinguino http://www.queerty.com/forget-leading-a-double-life-try-wrestling-with-double-meanings-20090703/#comment-189420 Punchy Pinguino Sat, 04 Jul 2009 05:55:01 +0000 http://www.queerty.com/?p=59710#comment-189420 In response to NO. 5 and the article por lo general.... I was in Mexico studying outside at a cafe. A dad and his daughter walked out and as they were passing on the sidewalk in front of me the ninya spilled her drink... some sort of smoothie. An employee came rushing out and asked me if my things were all right (the smoothie had kind of blobbed across the sidewalk onto my backpack) I responded, "Si.Estoy bien. Pero no eche la leche en la banqueta." I thought I was saying "Yeah, I am fine. But I didnt spill the milk on the sidewalk." Apparently....por casualidad y por culpa de los albures/modisimos I said. "I am fine. But I didnt cum on the sidewalk" AWKWARD. He gave me is number... en serio... right after raping and beating me. En serio. In response to NO. 5 and the article por lo general….

I was in Mexico studying outside at a cafe. A dad and his daughter walked out and as they were passing on the sidewalk in front of me the ninya spilled her drink… some sort of smoothie. An employee came rushing out and asked me if my things were all right (the smoothie had kind of blobbed across the sidewalk onto my backpack) I responded, “Si.Estoy bien. Pero no eche la leche en la banqueta.” I thought I was saying “Yeah, I am fine. But I didnt spill the milk on the sidewalk.” Apparently….por casualidad y por culpa de los albures/modisimos I said. “I am fine. But I didnt cum on the sidewalk”

AWKWARD. He gave me is number… en serio… right after raping and beating me. En serio.

]]> By: Sexto Grado http://www.queerty.com/forget-leading-a-double-life-try-wrestling-with-double-meanings-20090703/#comment-189403 Sexto Grado Sat, 04 Jul 2009 03:11:59 +0000 http://www.queerty.com/?p=59710#comment-189403 There's a psychological term for this: Chronic Sixth Grader Mentality Syndrome. The variant that runs through college frat houses is called "That's What She Said"-itis. There’s a psychological term for this: Chronic Sixth Grader Mentality Syndrome.

The variant that runs through college frat houses is called “That’s What She Said”-itis.

]]> By: TANK http://www.queerty.com/forget-leading-a-double-life-try-wrestling-with-double-meanings-20090703/#comment-189357 TANK Fri, 03 Jul 2009 21:43:43 +0000 http://www.queerty.com/?p=59710#comment-189357 This was hilarious. This reminds me of the time I got lost in spanish harlem, and asked some guys for directions and they took turns beating and raping me because they thought I was asking for...directions...actually, they spoke english, too. That's not funny. This was hilarious. This reminds me of the time I got lost in spanish harlem, and asked some guys for directions and they took turns beating and raping me because they thought I was asking for…directions…actually, they spoke english, too. That’s not funny.

]]> By: Ian http://www.queerty.com/forget-leading-a-double-life-try-wrestling-with-double-meanings-20090703/#comment-189355 Ian Fri, 03 Jul 2009 21:35:07 +0000 http://www.queerty.com/?p=59710#comment-189355 This article is pretty funny. I've had my share of embarrassments with Spanish. Must be cool living down there, though. I love Puerto Vallarta, and Mexican guys. This article is pretty funny. I’ve had my share of embarrassments with Spanish.

Must be cool living down there, though. I love Puerto Vallarta, and Mexican guys.

]]> By: Me http://www.queerty.com/forget-leading-a-double-life-try-wrestling-with-double-meanings-20090703/#comment-189300 Me Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:53:13 +0000 http://www.queerty.com/?p=59710#comment-189300 Here in Puerto Rico, many of these expressions and terms are the same as the ones this writer describes (except for orange juice being jugo de china :-). Like in English, you might say you want some guy's "cream", Puerto Ricans will say "leche" but it's not any more complex than its English counterpart. The situation dictates how you read/understand it. Here in Puerto Rico, many of these expressions and terms are the same as the ones this writer describes (except for orange juice being jugo de china :-). Like in English, you might say you want some guy’s “cream”, Puerto Ricans will say “leche” but it’s not any more complex than its English counterpart. The situation dictates how you read/understand it.

]]> By: Frunced http://www.queerty.com/forget-leading-a-double-life-try-wrestling-with-double-meanings-20090703/#comment-189275 Frunced Fri, 03 Jul 2009 16:18:21 +0000 http://www.queerty.com/?p=59710#comment-189275 @<a href="#comment-189262" rel="nofollow">naprem</a>: Although it is considered déclassé to aknowledge the double entendre -not to mention that albures were originally the exclusive domain of working class, insecure, macho, straight men; sometimes one cannot help but laugh at foreigners' struggle with this aspect of Mexican culture. It is good for a laugh or two if the speaker is innocently using verbs like "coger" (literally: grab, but in Latin America it is the most common euphemism for fuck), "sacar", "tocar", "jalar" (take out, touch and pull, respectively), but no normal person would make a big deal about it. Sadly, as it happens in every country in the world, some of Mexico's young males tend to be juvenile, crass, a little on the dumb side, and not particularly funny. Does that help? @naprem:

Although it is considered déclassé to aknowledge the double entendre -not to mention that albures were originally the exclusive domain of working class, insecure, macho, straight men; sometimes one cannot help but laugh at foreigners’ struggle with this aspect of Mexican culture. It is good for a laugh or two if the speaker is innocently using verbs like “coger” (literally: grab, but in Latin America it is the most common euphemism for fuck), “sacar”, “tocar”, “jalar” (take out, touch and pull, respectively), but no normal person would make a big deal about it. Sadly, as it happens in every country in the world, some of Mexico’s young males tend to be juvenile, crass, a little on the dumb side, and not particularly funny.

Does that help?

]]> By: Frunced http://www.queerty.com/forget-leading-a-double-life-try-wrestling-with-double-meanings-20090703/#comment-189265 Frunced Fri, 03 Jul 2009 15:56:43 +0000 http://www.queerty.com/?p=59710#comment-189265 Funny, my favourite will always be: ¿Cuántas venas tiene el chile? Se-te-sientas. Cheers Funny, my favourite will always be:

¿Cuántas venas tiene el chile?

Se-te-sientas.

Cheers

]]> By: naprem http://www.queerty.com/forget-leading-a-double-life-try-wrestling-with-double-meanings-20090703/#comment-189262 naprem Fri, 03 Jul 2009 15:39:40 +0000 http://www.queerty.com/?p=59710#comment-189262 So clarify something for me - they do still understand your intended meaning, right? They just make the joke and then go back to the proper interpretation? Otherwise how would you ever get the milk you asked for? And does it not get a bit exhausting when they refuse to take anything seriously? So clarify something for me – they do still understand your intended meaning, right? They just make the joke and then go back to the proper interpretation? Otherwise how would you ever get the milk you asked for? And does it not get a bit exhausting when they refuse to take anything seriously?

]]> By: tavdy79 http://www.queerty.com/forget-leading-a-double-life-try-wrestling-with-double-meanings-20090703/#comment-189256 tavdy79 Fri, 03 Jul 2009 15:23:11 +0000 http://www.queerty.com/?p=59710#comment-189256 Here's a wonderful one, and it's all in English: "I've got khaki pants", said with a Southern or Texan accent, sounds to Brits like "I've got <i>cacky</i> pants"; cack is a British slang for shit, and of course in the UK pants means underwear, not trousers... Here’s a wonderful one, and it’s all in English:

“I’ve got khaki pants”, said with a Southern or Texan accent, sounds to Brits like “I’ve got cacky pants”; cack is a British slang for shit, and of course in the UK pants means underwear, not trousers…

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