Your Laugh of the Day
An E-mail I recieved28 total reviews
Comment from Rosalyne
Hi, Spiritual Echo.
This is one of the funniest translations I've ever read. I was howling, from the beginning, each line funnier than the next. It's amazing how translations can be twisted and turned. I tried to write a letter in Spanish using an online translation site. What came out was completely different than I expected. Fortunately, I have a friend from Spain, who helped me with the corrections.
Thanks for sharing such a humorous story! Sorry I haven't any six stars left to give.
Bye
Rosalyne :)
reply by the author on 07-Feb-2014
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Hi, Spiritual Echo.
This is one of the funniest translations I've ever read. I was howling, from the beginning, each line funnier than the next. It's amazing how translations can be twisted and turned. I tried to write a letter in Spanish using an online translation site. What came out was completely different than I expected. Fortunately, I have a friend from Spain, who helped me with the corrections.
Thanks for sharing such a humorous story! Sorry I haven't any six stars left to give.
Bye
Rosalyne :)
Comment Written 07-Feb-2014
reply by the author on 07-Feb-2014
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Thanks for the sentiment, but I didn't write this and don't even have a way to confirm its truth, but I laughed too and thought we could all share a giggle.
Comment from barkingdog
If you say this is non-fiction email, I'll believe you. But it had to be meant originally as a joke and a very fine one indeed.
I especially liked that they will put down guest's children and guests are never left to play with them self. LOL
reply by the author on 07-Feb-2014
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If you say this is non-fiction email, I'll believe you. But it had to be meant originally as a joke and a very fine one indeed.
I especially liked that they will put down guest's children and guests are never left to play with them self. LOL
Comment Written 07-Feb-2014
reply by the author on 07-Feb-2014
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I can't verify the truth of the hotel brochure, but the email came with a hotel seal/letterhead and logo that I couldn't get to copy/paste. Even if I had, there's no proof that this wasn't, as you say, a very clever joke. Yes, it's an non-fiction truth of my morning e-mail and that's it. It is a post without a home or contest attached, simply some laughs on a Friday morning.
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I'm glad you shared it here on FS, so the rest of us could laugh, too.
Have a wonderful weekend. Maybe, they'll send you a follow-up email. LOL :)ellen
Comment from Erik McGinley
Lol no way this can be real?
Real email maybe but I cannot believe this can be a real translation.
I will admit though that it reminds me somewhat of my time in a hospital for the mentally ill. Life certainly is stranger than fiction.
reply by the author on 07-Feb-2014
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Lol no way this can be real?
Real email maybe but I cannot believe this can be a real translation.
I will admit though that it reminds me somewhat of my time in a hospital for the mentally ill. Life certainly is stranger than fiction.
Comment Written 07-Feb-2014
reply by the author on 07-Feb-2014
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The e-mail came with the picture of the hotel symbol/logo on what looks to be letterhead and I couldn't get it to copy/paste, but of course it could be fake. It was presented as received and gave me a very good laugh this morning as I read my e-mail.
Comment from N.K. Wagner
Oh, heck! This one deserves a six for the non-stop laughs, Ingrid. What a wonderful way to begin the weekend.
You're right about interpretations, Ingrid. I no longer worry if a reader understands what I intend in my writing. I'm just grateful they can get any meaning at all. :D Nancy
reply by the author on 07-Feb-2014
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Oh, heck! This one deserves a six for the non-stop laughs, Ingrid. What a wonderful way to begin the weekend.
You're right about interpretations, Ingrid. I no longer worry if a reader understands what I intend in my writing. I'm just grateful they can get any meaning at all. :D Nancy
Comment Written 07-Feb-2014
reply by the author on 07-Feb-2014
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Wasn't it a hoot. Love the stars. You know, maybe I should just become an internet surfer and treat my membership on FS as a journal of cosmic jokes and entertainment--not a bad idea.
This really broke me up, especially after 15 years with a HK company from whom, over the years, I got some very strong lessons on misinterpretation. Thanks.
Comment from Lynette Marie
Seriously? That is too hilarious! I'm still laughing! I've been sick with a nasty bug for days, and so appreciate this, it's lifted my spirits considerably! Had to give six stars for the pure entertainment.
reply by the author on 07-Feb-2014
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Seriously? That is too hilarious! I'm still laughing! I've been sick with a nasty bug for days, and so appreciate this, it's lifted my spirits considerably! Had to give six stars for the pure entertainment.
Comment Written 07-Feb-2014
reply by the author on 07-Feb-2014
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Well thank you. I'll grab it in my butterfly net, with stellar joy, but of course we both know this is circulating through the internet by now--not an original. I too laughed with great glee. Get better soon.
Comment from judiverse
Hi, Spiritual Echo. This was a delight. It does show how things can be lost in translation. There were so many hilarious parts, I don't know which were my favorites. I love the one about the manager always trying to have intercourse with the guests and the nurses being available to put down the babies. The quartet fiddling with you is another good one. So great I think I'll have to add this to my bookcase. judi
reply by the author on 07-Feb-2014
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Hi, Spiritual Echo. This was a delight. It does show how things can be lost in translation. There were so many hilarious parts, I don't know which were my favorites. I love the one about the manager always trying to have intercourse with the guests and the nurses being available to put down the babies. The quartet fiddling with you is another good one. So great I think I'll have to add this to my bookcase. judi
Comment Written 07-Feb-2014
reply by the author on 07-Feb-2014
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It was too funny not to share.
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I really enjoyed. Have it saved. judi
Comment from Petriesan
We of course are always pleased to accept adultery. And taking advantage of the chambermaid. . .I had a co-worker who used to do this quite frequently. Somehow he had a good track record of bedding the girls who did room service. Not every time, but once a month or so. . .
wonder how backed up their waiting list is?
I always think my stuff can be misread
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reply by the author on 07-Feb-2014
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We of course are always pleased to accept adultery. And taking advantage of the chambermaid. . .I had a co-worker who used to do this quite frequently. Somehow he had a good track record of bedding the girls who did room service. Not every time, but once a month or so. . .
wonder how backed up their waiting list is?
I always think my stuff can be misread
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Comment Written 07-Feb-2014
reply by the author on 07-Feb-2014
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I'm always really surprised when people take a completely different tone out of my words than was my intent, but at least I am now very mindful and take extra precautions--and still muck up
Comment from Narvik
Hilarious, Ingrid! Hey, I actually want to go to the hotel (except for the intercourse with the manager part). This one made me spill my guts: "no guest is ever left alone to play with them self." . And from there it was non-stop laughs.
Thanks for passing this along to us, my friend. This made my morning and set a good tone for the day.
Hugs,
~ Erik
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Hilarious, Ingrid! Hey, I actually want to go to the hotel (except for the intercourse with the manager part). This one made me spill my guts: "no guest is ever left alone to play with them self." . And from there it was non-stop laughs.
Thanks for passing this along to us, my friend. This made my morning and set a good tone for the day.
Hugs,
~ Erik
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Comment Written 07-Feb-2014
reply by the author on 07-Feb-2014
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Me too. I remember when I went on the interview with the said company of fifteen years and the boss kept asking me if I thought I could sell SOITARES. I had no idea what he was talking about and after the second, 'pardon me?' I was really embarrassed not to understand. Hell, this was an interview and I had no idea what he was talking about. It finally twigged on me--and I do mean finally--that he was asking if I could sell diamond solitaire rings.
I swear, out of the dozens upon dozens of people I met from the company through the years, the man was the only Asian I ever met that was stereotypical--unable to pronounce the letter 'L.'
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A little anecdote from one of my former marriages. My ex was Russian and her English was less than perfect. She called hangers "hookers" (which, if you think about it, makes sense). One time she said, "Honey, there's three hookers on the bed." Needless to say, I got a little aroused.
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LOL...and reminding me of my Chech friend who immigrated to Canada when she was very pregnant and couldn't speak English. She longed to go into a coffee shop during her morning walk and stayed up practising how to request a soda. The next day this nine-month pregnant woman walked in, so proud of her big step into the Anglo world and loudly ordered a COCK. Yes, she meant coke, and it absolutely is a true story, God rest her soul, now gone.
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LOL. Freudian slip? Another incident from my ex-marriage. We were taking a walk one day and she looked down at some plants and said, "Oh there's sumshit." (The Russian word for boxwood shrubbery). Then she went on to say how she had sumshit in her back yard in Russia, how she loved the smell of sumshit, etc.
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There's nothing like a good laugh to keep the pistons fired. Caoi
