Thread: Весёлые картинки и другое смешное или не очень

Originally Posted by Lampada

Таких накачанных называют "качок".

is it 'gym rat' in English? And is 'rat' often used in phrases like this one? it looks as if this one has a positive meaning (a person who spends a lot of time in a gym).

Вероятно, он (Throbert McGee) не понял.

Бабокач = баба + качок (woman + body-builder)
Футбол = ногомяч

Originally Posted by Paul G.

Вероятно, он (Throbert McGee) не понял.

Бабокач = баба + качок (woman + body-builder)
Футбол = ногомяч

You're right, Paul -- I didn't understand the joke in it-ogo's photo! So "Babochka" + "Boccaccio" was the only joke I could think of... (And I hadn't seen it-ogo's post yet when I posted that.)

PS. And, by the way, I tend to be an obsessive fan of the Alice books -- so anything and everything will remind me of some scene or other from the stories.

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Originally Posted by Lampada

HOMER SIMPSON: "It's funny 'cause it's true!"

If I remember, this clip came immediately after Homer saw this stand-up comic on TV (couldn't find a better version on YouTube -- sorry about the low quality):



Presumably, after the "black drivers and white drivers" joke, the guy continued with "And what's up with those little tiny bags of pretzels they give you on airplanes? Am I right, people?" -- followed by "See, women are different than men..."

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Originally Posted by Lampada

40 Maps That Will Help You Make Sense of the World

I really liked this one:

Chinese Map Of Europe, Literally Translated


You can find a more detailed explanation by the map's creator here. Basically, the Chinese try to find characters that correspond phonetically with the foreign country's name -- but Chinese characters aren't "lexically neutral", and represent both sounds and concepts.

For example, "Ireland" becomes phonetically ai er lan, which is written 爱尔兰 -- and these characters literally mean "любите вашу орхидею"!

PS The map doesn't have a "funny" name for Russia, but from Google, it appears that the official Chinese name for "Russia" is luó sī, which could possibly be translated as сетка внезапно. But another traditional name for Russia is hu guo, meaning голодная земля.

Originally Posted by Dmitry Khomitchuk

(кирпич мокрый = идёт дождь, и т.д.)

Heh! An international favorite. Here's an antique version in English:



Sometimes, it's called a "mule barometer" or simply a "rope barometer" (without the picture of an ослик/мул). I remember that when I was a kid in the Boy Scouts, a weather-predictor of this type was a popular "arts and crafts" project. (I'm not sure how to say that in Russian -- maybe кустарное изделия?)