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Greek To Me: Mapping Mutual Incomprehension

In Czech it's To je pro mě španělská vesnice -- "It's all Spanish to me." My Czech teacher last summer said this about Hungarian. I found this hilarious.

Also, rah_kun found this one. I can't take credit.


World War II: If Maps Could Fight

rah_kun found this one, too. All you need to know is "YOU'RE NOT GETTING IN MY STALNGRAD!"


Tom Waits: True Confessions

Q: What’s the most curious record in your collection?

A: In the seventies a record company in LA issued a record called “The best of Marcel Marceau.” It had forty minutes of silence followed by applause and it sold really well. I like to put it on for company. It really bothers me, though, when people talk through it.