Would You Like A Raisin? No? How About a Date?

February 14 2006

Joyeux jour de Saint-Valentin!


We made cards in my French class.  Hey, it was that or read La Belle au Bois Dormant some more.  From the early 1900's.  In historical past tense.  Mine's awesome, it has the worst pickup lines known to man on it.  Even one that doesn't quite work out in French.
-- Bonjour, je m'appelle Hugh Hefner.
(Hello, my name is Hugh Hefner.)
-- Tu as les beaux yeux.
(You have beautiful eyes.)  A French thing, but I don't think they're looking at the eyes.
-- As-tu une cigarette?
(Do you have a cigarette?)  Again, a French thing.
-- Si je pourrais change l'alphabet, je placerai "u" et "i" ensemble.
(If I could change the alphabet, I'd put "u" and "i" together.)  This is the one that doesn't work in French.
-- In my defense, Marcus/New Kid said this one: Avez vous une glace dans sa poche?  Parce que je me vois dans ses pantalons.
(Do you have a mirror in your pocket?  Because I can see myself in your pants.)


Hahahaaa.  Poor Matt of French and Economics fame is stuck with that thing now.  I hadn't found any takers by fifth period, and he was the only person in that class who could truly appreciate and understand it.  This is greatly facilitated by the fact that he was the only other person who could read it.  Heh.  (Let's not even get into the card that Lexi and Kari had me deliver to the school's literally-brand-new Latin teacher.  Something about "Latin lovers" and lip prints.  Have you girls even met him?????  Lmao...)


Hilarity.


Yay!  All this put me in a much better mood, and now I don't have to be all angsty and depressed in here about thing my mind has been wrestling with lately.  Because really, with lines like, "Do you have a mirror in your pocket," who can be serious??

Sara Shaban

February 14 2006
oh my...that pick up line as the title of ure entry....its my favorite!

the brian king kenobi

February 15 2006
'ses pantalons' would be multiple pairs of pants . . . son pantalon, peut-etre?

the brian king kenobi

February 16 2006
well, IIIIII remember 'un pantalon' . . . because i thought it was weird that there was singular . . . so maybe you just learned screwed up french.