The Elderberries by Corey Pandolph and Phil Frank and Joe Troise for April 09, 2021
April 08, 2021
April 10, 2021
Transcript:
Nurse Ludmilla: What is everyone looking upon? The General: We're looking for Evelyn's feral cat, Ludmilla. Ludmilla: Is strictly forbidden to have pets at Elderpark!! The General: I realize that in the former USSR you had to follow a lot of rules...ease up! A feral cat cannot technically be a pet! Ludmilla: Hmm...you are intelligent cracker, General! The General: I believe you mean "smart cookie". Thanks anyway.
Richard Howland-Bolton Premium Member about 3 years ago
This reminds me of a famous incident (and probably, like most famous incidents, an apocryphal one too) that involved the Russians, the Americans and quite possibly the beginnings of détente.
The received story is that the CIA set up a computer to enable them to quickly and automatically translate to and from Russian. Searching for a suitable phrase to test the machine they came up with “Out of sight out of mind” (that, to digress, surely says a lot about the shortcomings of the CIA). They fed this into the computer which duly spat out some Russian (exactly what that was isn’t recorded, which surely says a lot about the shortcomings of language instruction in the English Speaking world) which they then fed back in. Out came the perfectly well-formed English phrase “Invisible imbecile”.http://howlandbolton.com/essays/read_more.php?sid=14
angelolady Premium Member about 3 years ago
Intelligent cracker. LOL Ludmillla’s language mixups remind me of Ziva on NCIS
Meg: All Seriousness Aside about 3 years ago
Dusty’s more of a cracker.
Holilubillkori Premium Member about 3 years ago
Funny… I thought he was a retired rancher.?
dogday Premium Member about 3 years ago
Yeah…an intelligent cracker is….well, y’all don’t wanna go there.