Puns part 2

From Mental Floss:  7 Puns That Make Sense in More Than One Language

GREEK PANTS
Speakers of Greek and English with a penchant for the Classics will enjoy this short joke about a Greek dramatist who ripped his pants.

A Greek playwright entered a tailor shop. The tailor asked him, “Euripides?” The tragedian responded, “Yes, Eumenides?”

S-O-C-K-S
If you’re bilingual in English and Spanish, this joke about a Spanish-speaker trying to buy calcetines (socks) will induce giggles (and probably also some eye-rolling).

A Spanish man went into a clothing store where the salesperson only spoke English. Walking up to the nearest sales clerk, the man said, “Quiero calcetines, por favor.” The clerk shook his head and said, “I don’t speak Spanish.” The sales clerk and the man walked around the store, the clerk pointing at jackets, sweaters, pants, and shoes, hoping to find what the Spanish man needed. Finally, the clerk pointed at a table of socks, and the Spanish man exclaimed, “Eso, si que es!” Wide-eyed, the sales clerk said, “If you could spell it, why didn’t you say so before!”

In Spanish, Eso, si que es basically translates as “That’s what it is!” But it also sounds like a person spelling out s-o-c-k-s.

Legacy Part 1

Within the Wada family (legacy of Yukio, Kennie and Frank) there has been a dominance of certain traits that make our Wada branch unique.  We tend to have bushy eyebrows that will eventually extend beyond our glasses, have a propensity for puns (In honor of Pi day:  The roundest knight at King Arthur’s table was Sir Cumference. He acquired his size from far too much pi) and have assured the world that the family name will carry on.  

Male’s vs females.  The second generation is 6 to 3.  Third generation is 14 to 4.  Fourth generation is currently at 6 to 0.  How does one figure out the odds of this occurring.  When I Googled the subject I looked through an assortment of links with conclusions based off of Scientific, Cultural, Anthropological and Anecdotal research. 

Scientifically, everything goes out the window.  The XY chromosomes theory where the gender is determined by the male is weakened by the Wada females having boys.

Culturally, we have extended beyond our heritage and probably find more similarities than differences in values and in just being Wadas.

The most disturbing is what I classify as Anthropological.  You start reading about how even though worldwide boys outnumber girls 51 to 49%, there are disturbing reasons why it either evens out our shifts in the balance. 

Some are mixed.  When you start reading about methodology of procreation that can affect the outcome, you begin to wonder what the author used as research.

Of course the most enjoyable were the personal accounts that eventually came to no satisfying conclusion other than consolation. 

My conclusions:  1.  Sanrio and Hello Kitty will not profit from the Wadas.  2.  (In honor of my cousins and the former Olympia Beer slogan) it’s the Wada.  Say goodnight Gracie…………..