Picture of the day - Shock!!!

Question

Post your comments/titles/captions to this picture (both in Spanish and English) and vote for the ones you like. The best answer will be chosen tomorrow on the basis of the greatest number of votes as well as the language correctness.

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Don't forget to correct your posts as suggested. Do NOT use subject pronouns!

Posts which are not corrected as suggested can NOT be "accepted".

Please give everyone a chance and only post one caption and no photos .

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My example:

No soy un fan de las películas de terror.

I'm not a horror movie fan.

Please correct my English and Spanish - Vaanz, Oct 29, 2010

Quite enchanting Vaanz, very good. - ray76, Oct 29, 2010

Thanks Ray!!! - Vaanz, Oct 29, 2010

"de las películas de terror" - bill1111, Oct 29, 2010

By the way, "fan" and "fanático" work more or less the same way in Spanish. In some way they are interchangeable, but "fanático" sounds more extreme than "fan". - bill1111, Oct 29, 2010

Cute!!!! - Brynleigh, Oct 29, 2010

Thanks Bryn and Bill.......... - Vaanz, Oct 29, 2010

Answer 1

One, two , three.....close your eyes and begin to relax.... Uno, dos, tres....cierre los ojos y empieza a relajarse...

Funny ! hahhaha:) - FELIZ77, Oct 29, 2010

Hi, seba ! empiece a relajarse :) - cogumela, Oct 29, 2010

Answer 2

¡Nunca te cases con una peluquera!

Never marry a hairdresser!

Answer 3

"hoy no consigo peinarme"

This is a bad hair day. It just wont comb right.

Very funny Ray! :) hahahaha - FELIZ77, Oct 29, 2010

Funny, but unfortunately most idioms can't be translated :) You can say "hoy no consigo peinarme" to express that you can't comb your hair right, but not as a metaphore for having a bad day. - bill1111, Oct 29, 2010

Thank you billstpor, I guess i am having a bad translation day. - ray76, Oct 29, 2010

You mean a bad hair day? :p Nah, it's impossible to know in advance if you can or cannot translate an idiom like that. It happens to me too in the other direction. - bill1111, Oct 29, 2010

Answer 4

La sorprendida ardilla ha aprendido que no es una buena idea tocar un cable eléctrico.

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The shocked squirrel learned that it is not a good idea to touch an eclectic line in the rain.

"La sorprendida ardilla ha aprendido que no es una buena idea tocar un cable eléctrico (or "línea de alta tensión" ir you mean a high voltage one) bajo la lluvia (or "cuando llueve"). - bill1111, Oct 29, 2010

Good one, Rolest. i attempted this thought but I did not have the courage to go forth with it! lol - Brynleigh, Oct 29, 2010

Gracias Billstpor. - Rolest, Oct 29, 2010

Well Brynleigh, I guess the saying is true…great minds think alike! - Rolest, Oct 29, 2010

Answer 5

¿No me reconoces? Soy el tercer miembro del grupo "Jedward"!!

Don't you recognise me? I'm the third member of Jedward!!
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(Si no sabes de Jedward, aquí está el enlace. If you've not heard of Jedward, here's the link. http://static.nme.com/images/blog/jedwards_paphotosL211109.jpg).

¡Qué graciosa! Not three of them surely tow were enough! lol hahhaha :::) - FELIZ77, Oct 29, 2010

I mean two :) - FELIZ77, Oct 29, 2010

:) - pintor, Oct 29, 2010

Answer 6

"...and then, he came up behind me and shouted, 'boo!'"

"...y después me apareció y gritó, '¡Uhh!"

hahaha! I understand the mistake ! .. y después me apareció por la espalda y gritó ¡Uhh! - cogumela, Oct 29, 2010

Answer 7

**Did someone mention the film 'Ice-Age3'?

= **¿Mencionó alguien la pelicula 'Ice Age3'?

**Editor's note: For those who are not familiar with the popular Ice age series of films, and even those who are, there is a crazy squirrel who is frequently seen chasing after an acorn only to lose it again in the ice. This caption is based loosely on the antics of this squirrel and the association of a squirrel with the Ice age!

Corregid mi español por favor

I have to give you a vote for your effort and courage Feliz , you are a card and a dag. - ray76, Oct 29, 2010

Hehe.. well, there's slang words for 'marbles' in Spanish, of course, but they don't translate to "nuts" :) Double entendres very seldom survive a translation, something that is all too obvious when you watch dubbed versions of certain movies :p - bill1111, Oct 29, 2010

Your play-on-words can be viewed 3 ways. "Losing his nuts" could very painful !!!!!!!!!!!! - 005faa61, Oct 29, 2010

Well I think I may get rid of the last bit andjust keep the first part - FELIZ77, Oct 29, 2010

Answer 8

¿Qué me dices? Le gusta el guiso de ardilla!!!

What are you telling me? You like squirrel stew!

"el guiso" - bill1111, Oct 29, 2010

Answer 9

No hay propina para mi estilista esta vez.

No tip for my stylist this time.

It's ok, but it's more idiomatic to say: "No hay propina" - bill1111, Oct 29, 2010

gracias - 008f2974, Oct 29, 2010

Answer 10

Man's problem lies not with the atomic bomb, but with his hair.

El problema del hombre no está en la bomba atómica sino en su pelo.

quote by Albert Einstein y su amigo, ardilla (squirrel)

".. atómica, sino en su pelo" - bill1111, Oct 29, 2010

Gracias, Billstpor :) - Brynleigh, Oct 29, 2010

Answer 11

So this is what happens when you stick your finger in an outlet.
Así que esto es lo que sucede cuando se pega su dedo en un enchufe.

lol - Brynleigh, Oct 29, 2010

"to stick (something) in" = "meter". ".. cuando metes el dedo en un enchufe." - bill1111, Oct 29, 2010

Answer 12

Maybe I should not use my electronic acorn-opener again!

¡No debería usar de nuevo mi abridor electrónico de bellotas!

Hi pesta :) ! ....no debería usar de nuevo mi abridor electrónico de bellotas! - cogumela, Oct 29, 2010

Thank you, cogumela - I should stop thinking in English. :) - pesta, Oct 29, 2010

Hahahaha! - --Mariana--, Oct 29, 2010

...while having one foot in a puddle. - JoyceM, Oct 29, 2010

Answer 13

Can I p-l-e-a-s-e come in? It's s-o-o-o-o cold out here!

¿Por favor, puedo entrar? ¡Hace t-a-a-a-nto frio afuera!

It's more idiomatic to say "¿Puedo entrar, por favor?", although your version is not incorrect. Oh, and it's "frío" - bill1111, Oct 29, 2010