Posted on April 16, 2018 by Jorge
I was explaining to kiddo the other day that I used to study other languages back in university and after I answered her expected question as to which ones I had studied, she shot me a quizzical look – you know, the “yeah right” look. So, I thought that we could play a little game. I fired up Google Translate on my phone and set the input language to Russian and the output language to English. I then started a pattern: I would tell her an English phrase that I was going to speak in Russian, I would speak it into the app, and then she would see that the English translation was what I said it would be.
After a few minutes of this, she wanted to try her hand at speaking Russian. So, I would speak a Russian phrase and show her the result, and then I would get her to attempt the same phrase and we would see how well she did. It didn’t take long to find my favourite result. Continue reading →
Filed under: Anecdotes, Humour | Tagged: Funny, Humor, Humour, Kiddo, Russian, Translation | Leave a comment »
Posted on October 18, 2017 by Jorge
Kiddo and I play the Disney Edition of Trivial Pursuit from time to time, which involves us asking each other questions from different decks (I ask her the questions from “younger kids” deck, and she asks me questions from the “older kids” deck). Of course, game-play involves a fair amount of witty repartee (or trash talk, if you like). The other day we had an exchange that made us laugh so hard it felt worthy of a retelling. Continue reading →
Filed under: Anecdotes, Convos, Humour | Tagged: Berries, Disney, Hilarity, Stones, Trash Talk, Trivial Pursuit | Leave a comment »
Posted on March 25, 2014 by Jorge
Another 24-Hour Movie Marathon has come and gone. This year was just as much fun as last. As usual, our fan films are a lot of fun to make – but they are not without some comical errors. Check out some of our tribute film bloopers!
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Filed under: Humour, Interest, Special Events | Tagged: 24 Hour Movie Marathon, Ip Man, Movie Marathon, Mystery Team, The Goonies | Leave a comment »
Posted on February 23, 2014 by Jorge
And I Don’t Blame You
I mean, I’m barely ever here!
So, I opened the door to the editing room of this blog and had to blow dust off of the desk before I sat down to write. Keeping Toronto Thumbs running is a bittersweet task. On one hand, I get to write about all kinds of cool stuff; but at the same time, it takes me away from writing articles here (and for other places, as well). 2013 was a fairly eventful year, full of family goodness, friends and all around good times. It was also the busiest year yet for Toronto Thumbs, which resulted in a feeling of fulfillment at the end of 2013.
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Posted on October 23, 2011 by Jorge
Burned Unit
A few of my friends and I will (occasionally) take a perfectly innocent phrase in one of our conversations and turn it on it’s ear with some good ol’ innuendo (in YOU end oh). The following convo was with a friend of mine, to whom I loaned the season 1 DVD set of Burn Notice…
Booya! Click to make bigger (that’s what she said).
Of course, later on I thought about it – and it could have easily been referring to some kind of medical show. Ah well. Can’t win ’em all, right?
Filed under: Convos, Friends, Humour | Tagged: Burn Notice, Chat, Conversations, Friends, Funny | 1 Comment »
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