domingo, 18 de mayo de 2008

Flex

The 5th and 6th grade boys in the school are interested in muscles. This is what the conversations go like with them. Every one without exception. They go in Spanish of course because we can´t talk freely about much in English. I´m going to translate them.

-Hey, Juan, what´s going on?
-Seeeaaaaannnn!!! Did you watch Smackdown? (Smackdown is a weekly WWF wrestling show. All the boys watch it and then try to beat the crap out of eachother on the playground. I now understand the effect of TV on young people.)
-No. I missed it again. Sorry dude.
-(With a look of disappointment)Oh, man.....(Recovering with a look of excitement)Flex your biceps!
-(Quite sure I shouldn´t do that in school)Sure. (Flex)
-Woah, man! José, check out Sean´s arms. How strong!


Another conversation:

-Mohamed, what´s up?
-Sean, what´s up? Flex your biceps.
-Uh, ok. (Flex)

1 comentario:

Jeremy Fodaski dijo...

I never actually watched it, but in 7th grade my friends and I did try and beat the crap out of each other with moves from Smackdown.