Apparently Not

Lauren: We studied Spanish for a week in Buenos Aires (in Spanish).
Lorena (Chile): Did you learn anything? (in English)

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Lost in Translation

Subtitle of Photo: There is calm. For the time being, nothing forecasts one should throw oneself head first into a hole.

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Reality Check

Bon: You realize that we are debating the merits of Avril Levine and Jarrod Leto, right?

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European History With Wine

Lauren: There were a lot of alliances and um, what’s the opposite of alliances, you know, everyone was fighting.

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More Shining American Moments

Lauren: Where are you from?
White Boy with thick American accent: Kenya, actually.
Beth: Okay, but where are you originally from…in the States?
White Boy: I grew up in Wisconsin. I go to school in Michigan.
Lauren: Huh. So how long have you lived in Kenya?
White Boy: Well, about 8 months.

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Wrong Answer

Taxi: I’ll take you.
Lauren: No, we have someone picking us up.
Taxi: It’s me.
Beth: Who sent you.
Taxi: Me. I sent myself.

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Supersized Africa

Lauren: You know what they need here is bats, to come and swoop down and eat all the bugs.
Beth: Yeah, but I don’t want to know what size bats come in Africa.

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More Fun with the Matatus

Lauren: You suck.
Matatu Driver: I am not suck.

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Negative Ghostrider

Pintu: Your last name is George? Are you in the same caste as George Bush?

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Uh, Suitcase?

Josef (Belgium): I could just empty my bag if I didn’t need all this stuff and send it all home in a coffin. Is that the right word?

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