Finnish Smoked Salmon Toast.
“Finland, Finland, Finland,
The country where I want to be
Eating breakfast or dinner
Or snack lunch in the hall”
I need all of this, in my belly. Now.
Walking home today in a post-vappu/final exam stupor, I looked up and saw this advertisement for Two and a Half Men. Changing the name of a TV show to suit a foreign audience can be smart, sometimes things don’t directly translate and don’t retain their meaning and such…
Buuut sometimes things don’t quite work out.
For example, when the name is changed to relate to a character in the show. And then that actor leaves the show. Oops.
Also, Two and a Half Men has been going on for 9 seasons? Ooof.
Other amusing/silly name changes:
One Tree Hill = Les Frères Scott
The Hangover = Very Bad Trip
Home Alone = Maman, j’ai raté l’avion
Jaws = Les Dents de la mer
Cruel Intentions = Sexe intentions
Friends with Benefits = Sexe entre amis
No Strings Attached = Sex friends
Now who said learning a new language isn’t fun?
Photo by THRASHONISTAS aka Jasmine S. Garcia & Anthony R. Tripoli
Model: Clarice
Makeup: Jasmine S. Garcia
Eventlessness has no posts to drape duration on. From nothing to nothing is no time at all.
John Steinbeck, East of Eden
Time ticks by; we grow older. Before we know it, too much time has passed and we’ve missed the chance to have had other people hurt us. To a younger me this sounded like luck; to an older me this sounds like a quiet tragedy.
Douglas Coupland, Life After God
