Hombres y Calcetines

Question

Continuing the recent trend of abusing men, here's a silly joke I read today: go ahead and have a go at translating it if you wish!

"¿En qué se parecen los hombres a los calcetines? En que ambos sirven para meter la pata".

jeje, abusos, pero es que sois únicos, muy divertido, gekko - 00494d19, Mar 7, 2011

How are men and socks alike? You put your foot in both of them. - wuncie, Mar 7, 2011

@Denice: That is a very interesting interpretation! :-) Not quite right, but it gives pause for though! - Gekkosan, Mar 7, 2011

Unfournately I can't translate this without losing the pun - BellaMargarita, Mar 7, 2011

Answer 1

Oh, well, you're the only beings on this world capable to commit such a terrible fashion crime:

Socks and sandals.

¡Eh! ¿Quién me sacó una foto de los pies? - Jubilado, Mar 7, 2011

Answer 2

¿Es un juego de palabras?

Is it a play on words - "meter la pata" literally means to put the foot in, but it also means to make a mistake/goof. So, you can put your foot in a sock, and men are big lumoxes.

What amazes me about men and socks is that men don't seem to know how to buy their own socks.

Lo increíble de los hombres y los calcetines es que los hombres no pueden comprarlos por su mismo.

SI, es un juego de palabras, relacionado con "putting your foot in". :-) - Gekkosan, Mar 8, 2011

Answer 3

Oh, well, you're the only beings on this world capable to commit such a terrible fashion crime:

Socks and sandals.

I beg to differ, and here's the evidence.

It's only a misdemeanor when the legs are lovely and the dress is short. - 192flat, Mar 7, 2011

Answer 4

Peor aún:

jajajajajajajajaja

Amy: Please never, ever say "Más peor"! That is just like saying "More worse". If you wish to say "Even worse", you can say "Peor aún". :-) - Gekkosan, Mar 7, 2011

Gracias Gekko, I bow to your greenness. - amykay, Mar 7, 2011

In Japan wearing "tabi" with "zoori" is quite traditional (of course, those aren't real "tabi"). - samdie, Mar 7, 2011

Yeah they don't look quite the same with the foam beach thongs. - amykay, Mar 7, 2011

Answer 5

Unfournately I can't translate this without losing the pun - BellaMargari

Well, I suppose an adaptation could be written along the lines of:

"Why is a man with his mouth open like a sock? Because he will put his foot in it".

Answer 6

Parece que llevar calcetines con las sandalinas se hace algo de moda.

It seems wearing socks and sandals is coming in style.

Corregid el español por favor.

Style schmyle - still looks dicriculous... - afowen, Mar 7, 2011

"sandalias". Better: "se está poniendo de moda". And I agree with Afowen. This looks plain ridiculous. - Gekkosan, Mar 8, 2011

Thanks for the corrections. Yea, I think it looks ridiculous as well - but someday it may not be considered a fashion faux pas. Scary thought! - lkelly, Mar 8, 2011

Answer 7

What's the similarity between men and socks?

They both kick a55!

Aren't socks kind of floppy for that? :-P - Gekkosan, Mar 8, 2011

You need to think outside the... socks. Yeah, that's really bad... - afowen, Mar 8, 2011

Answer 8

Well hey, the worst of the worst is this:

Lo que nos demuestra que siempre hay algo peor...

Bueno, podría tener bermudas floridas... :-) - Gekkosan, Mar 8, 2011