Today, I'm studying abroad in Mexico and someone asked me what it's like to be from Minnesota. I responded in Spanish, in front of thirty people, what I thought translated to, "If you get cold, you can just put on a jacket." Apparently, what I thought meant "jacket" actually meant "masturbate". FML
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Halloween
A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
Today, after many hours studying a complete course of Spanish, I felt really good. I had accomplished something, something I could really use next week when I fly to Mexico on vacation. Then I found out what I had learned was Spanish as they speak it in Spain, not how they speak it in Latin America. FML
Today, after I went to Mexico for its museums, when I try to share my experience with other guys, they all think I went there for sex. FML
Today, my sister told me about her upcoming trip to Mexico. I asked her how she was going to do anything without knowing any Spanish. She told me she's "just going to read their lips". FML
Today, I checked in a group of men from Mexico. I speak just enough Spanish to realize they're discussing my breasts. I have to stand there smiling while checking in three more people. FML
Today, I was at a mall. A woman stopped by me, said slowly and loudly, in Spanish "baño?" Knowing a bit of Spanish, I nodded and pointed the restrooms out for her. She then mutters about "dang Mexicans and their inability to speak English". I'm not even Latina. I'm Irish-American. FML
Today, I was spacing out in French class and randomly got an erection. My professor called on me to stand up at the front of the room and say, "I am wearing a belt," in French. Not everyone was observing just my belt. FML
Today, my Spanish teacher imitated the sound of a coffee grinder, and then said in Spanish, "OK, all of you do it." I did it, thinking everyone else would too. I was the only one in the class who'd understood the Spanish part. FML
Today, I wore a Stanford college T-shirt to school. My Spanish teacher took one look at it and said "You wish". FML
Today, I visited my son at work. He's an interpreter for the government. As I watched him converse with a group of men, I was overcome with pride. Then the woman next to me said, "I can't believe they're talking about that in public." They were discussing masturbation techniques. FML
Today, I heard two of my students having a conversation. One asked what state Arizona was in, and the other replied Canada. I teach sixth grade social studies and they weren't joking. FML
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devela 0
Actually, you are all missing the FML here. She used the word 'chaqueta' wich correctly means jacket in Spanish but in Mexican slang, 'chaqueta' means to **********. So in all fairness your spanish was correct but while in Mexico you may want to stay with 'Chamarra' instead of 'Chaqueta' when referring to your jacket.
SamFromAccountin 0
I live in Minnesota it got to -40 here this year for almost a month solid **** your jacket
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Comments (79)
fmljw 2
Haha I miss growing up in Minnesota, even the crazy weather! You need more than just a jacket to survive there though.
bob123456_fml 0
#5 i live in canada and it was -40 almost all winter. it's not THAT bad
FML102938 8
Yah it's cold up there in canadia eh?
chicaleek 0
Elvis Crespo must've heard you.
rosenrot_fml 0
as devela said earlier....here in Mexico "chaqueta" is a popular and commonly used slang refering "to **********" xD so you better say "chamarra" ahah
anonymous_user 0
now im gonna laugh everytime sumone says chaqueta in spanish class...
Spudski 1
LOL
CaptainDude86 0
jacket, in spanish, is pronounced close to jacketa (Chaqueta, I think) you are an idiot.
anonymous_user 0
haha
Schayd 1
Hahaha... I have to tell my Spanish class about this. hehehe... Teachers really should place strong emphasis on the fact that there are many varieties of Spanish and that what we learn should be used with caution (or we may not be understood) outside of Spain.
danyfuckinheatle 0
WIN
Skimbap 0
YDI for studying in mexico.