There's a video floating around and it's kind of amusing in presenting words in different languages. The last example is German and the person says the word like he chews a chunk of meat off a turkey leg.
So, I thought to myself, hmm, how about we turn this around.
Butterfly in German is Schmetterling.
It's not that butterfly is such a pretty word but we know what it means and think, oh, how sweet.
To reverse the video, I'll run a clip of a beautiful butterfly and someone gently saying, "Oh, eine kleine Schmetterling." (It sounds very sweet when you don't have a mouthful of turkey meat.)
The English version of it requires thinking back to "The Odd Couple" movie version with Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau. They argue over whether the pasta is spaghetti or linguini. Matthau picks up the pot, sauce and all, and throws it against a wall. He turns to Lemmon and says, "Now it's garbage."
So, I need a vat of I Can't Believe It's Not Butter.
When it comes time to show the English version of butterfly, I dip a handful of it out of the jug and say really ugly, "You wanna see a butterfly."
(Throws the butter against the wall.)
That was butter flyin'.
To be continued.
(Ed: where's the Christmas?)
Hopefully there's room for funny. Santa seems to laugh quite a bit.
So, I thought to myself, hmm, how about we turn this around.
Butterfly in German is Schmetterling.
It's not that butterfly is such a pretty word but we know what it means and think, oh, how sweet.
To reverse the video, I'll run a clip of a beautiful butterfly and someone gently saying, "Oh, eine kleine Schmetterling." (It sounds very sweet when you don't have a mouthful of turkey meat.)
The English version of it requires thinking back to "The Odd Couple" movie version with Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau. They argue over whether the pasta is spaghetti or linguini. Matthau picks up the pot, sauce and all, and throws it against a wall. He turns to Lemmon and says, "Now it's garbage."
So, I need a vat of I Can't Believe It's Not Butter.
When it comes time to show the English version of butterfly, I dip a handful of it out of the jug and say really ugly, "You wanna see a butterfly."
(Throws the butter against the wall.)
That was butter flyin'.
To be continued.
(Ed: where's the Christmas?)
Hopefully there's room for funny. Santa seems to laugh quite a bit.
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