Picture of the day: Counting calories?

Question

Hello Everybody! Welcome to the Picture of the Day! This is a game where you can all practice your Spanish and English, but still have fun at the same time! Post your comments/titles/captions to this picture (both in Spanish and English) and vote for the responses you like. The best answer will be chosen soon on the basis of the answer I feel is the best, the fact that the person has corrected their post and possibly the number of votes. Pon tu comentario/ título/ pie de foto a esta im! agen (tanto en español como en inglés) y vota por las respuestas que te gusten. La mejor respuesta será seleccionada cuando pueda, tanto por la cantidad de votos como por la corrección en el uso del idioma.

Rules [regla] : Please, give everyone a chance and only post more or less one caption and no photos. Por favor, deja que todos tengan una oportunidad y pon más o menos una respuesta, sin fotos. Please make your answers at least two words long and no longer than three sentences. Sus respuestas no deben tener menos de dos palabras y no deben exceder de tres líneas. Encourage everyone with a vote and help each other with your English/Spanish sentences and above all have fun everyone.

Previous Picture of the day: An evening out.

and here is today's Picture of the day:

hola guapa :) - 006595c6, Aug 7, 2017

Hi nick great day for it eh ? - ray76, Aug 7, 2017

Hola, amigos. It sure is Ray. - Nickelbackfan1, Aug 7, 2017

Hi amiga, have a great day! :) - rac1, Aug 7, 2017

Hi amiga. I hope you have a good one. :) - Nickelbackfan1, Aug 7, 2017

Hi Nickel! Nice piccy, thank you :) - billygoat, Aug 7, 2017

Answer 1

Voy a ver lo que ponen...luego desayunaré.

I will have a quick look through the paper first....then I will have breakfast.

Algun berrinche matutino ;) - 00376109, Aug 8, 2017

Answer 2

Se ve que esta ardilla tiene una inclinación literaría.

It seems that this squirrel has a literary disposition .

Porcu, we either say: it is or it seems ...but we never combine the two! Sorry, but "it is seems" is incorrect! I hope this helps :) - FELIZ77, Aug 7, 2017

Typo: "literaria" :) So true! - 00376109, Aug 8, 2017

Thanks Feliz - porcupine7, Aug 8, 2017

Gracias Coffee - porcupine7, Aug 8, 2017

De nada Porcupine :) - 00376109, Aug 8, 2017

Answer 3

Ethel, where's my coffee!?

Ethel, ¿¡dónde está mi café!?

she's probably in Manhattan working. No doubt she'll be here in 3 or 4 hours though.... just as I'm going to bed grrrr the inconsiderate bugger! ;-) - billygoat, Aug 7, 2017

Lol! - 00376109, Aug 8, 2017

and I was correct!!!! ;-) :P xxx - billygoat, Aug 8, 2017

Sorryyy! Delays in the subway o.o lol! But Hey! I brought pan de bonos =] - 00376109, Aug 8, 2017

Answer 4

¡Caray! ¿Donde están mis lentes para leer?

Drat! Where are my reading glasses?

Lol. His eyes do look very strained :) - jellonz, Aug 7, 2017

=) - 00376109, Aug 8, 2017

Answer 5

Estos días incluso una ardilla necesita tener cuidar la silueta.

These days even a chipmunk needs to watch its waistline.

Claro que si! "Cuidar la silueta" =) - 00376109, Aug 8, 2017

Thank you, Coffee! - Echoline, Aug 8, 2017

Answer 6

Un hombre de letras.

A man of letters.

Answer 7

¡Dios mío! Acabé de aprender de esta foto que las ardillas tienen cuatro dedos igual que muchos personajes de dibujos animados.

OMG! I just learned from this photo that chipmunks have four fingers just like many cartoon characters.

Thanks for noticing my typo, Feliz.

Hi, Sassette. You have a small typo: muchoS personajes I hope this helps :) - FELIZ77, Aug 7, 2017

thanks, Feliz. The other mistake I think I made that I will correct now is I think I need the definite article with ardillas. :) - Sassette, Aug 7, 2017

You are welcome, Sassette :) - FELIZ77, Aug 7, 2017

I just yelled at you Sassy to test the capitals blocker. After seeing your OMG let through I thought maybe the admins had removed it, but my comment was blocked, so perhaps only known initialisms are allowed. BTW nice post :) - jellonz, Aug 7, 2017

Haha! Great =) - 00376109, Aug 8, 2017

Thanks, Coffeelate. @jellonz. It is confusing; I'm not clear how that all works. Sometimes it blocks it and other times it doesn't, I guess :) - Sassette, Aug 8, 2017

@jellonz I have complained to administrators about prohibiting all caps because virtually all the time it's not because we are yelling at each other. Unfortunately, they didn't remove the restriction. - Sassette, Aug 8, 2017

Answer 8

The chipmunk is reading the wrapper of a nutrition label. La ardilla está leyendo la etiqueta de un envase de nutrición.

la etiqueta de un envase... - 006595c6, Aug 7, 2017

Gracias por la corrección. - NKM1974, Aug 7, 2017

Answer 9

Necesito encontrar a una familia que no tenga alergia a los las nueces, esta lista de ingredientes es ridícula.

I need to find a family that does not have a nut allergy, this list of ingredients is ridiculous.

You took my idea but luckily it lead me to learn that chipmunks have four fingers. :) - Sassette, Aug 7, 2017

Lol Great caption, Bosque! In really, I would imagine that a nut allergy would be rather disastrous for a squirrel, like a cow being allergic to grass! - FELIZ77, Aug 7, 2017

in realITY (predictive text caused mistake) - FELIZ77, Aug 7, 2017

Thanks, Feliz, I hadn't even noticed, I read right over it. :) - bosquederoble, Aug 7, 2017

Please don't change it , Bosque ...it's great just as it is! :) - FELIZ77, Aug 7, 2017

Gosh darn it Bosque, my first thought too, although it looks like Sassy would have pipped me anyway :) - jellonz, Aug 7, 2017

Me encantan las nueces! ...las nueces =) - 00376109, Aug 8, 2017

Thanks, Coffelate, i should have known better. :) - bosquederoble, Aug 8, 2017

=D You are great Bosque! - 00376109, Aug 8, 2017

Bosque, so shoukd I ....I made the same mistake of omitting the article, oops lol - FELIZ77, Aug 8, 2017

Answer 10

Este pequeño ¡hace lo que le da la gana! Los otros van buscando alimento mientras él se entera de los resultados de fútbol.

This little guy does whatever he wants! The others go out looking for food while he checks out the football results.

"Real" pro football (that is, American style football) doesn't start until September. lol - Sassette, Aug 7, 2017

pah! Try proper rugby - without the padding and crash helmet ;-) - billygoat, Aug 7, 2017

Wow! Sounds like a lot of players would be carted off to the hospital, even more than American football players. - Sassette, Aug 7, 2017

Anyway this is totally irrelevant because we are talking about round balls, not egg shaped things ;) - billygoat, Aug 7, 2017

I hope you know I'm just messing around with you - some threads are getting serious today lol - billygoat, Aug 7, 2017

Real rugby looks Really gooood!!! ;) Hehe - 00376109, Aug 8, 2017

It sure is Coffee. Our provincial team just won the Super rugby comp down here in the southern hemisphere. I'll find some way to wrangle the next WotD so I can mention that and include a pic :) - jellonz, Aug 8, 2017

Rugby should be the next WotD! I'll look forward to it ;) haha! - 00376109, Aug 8, 2017

I love to watch international rugby -- the All Blacks are awesome!! I'm not too fussed about club rugby though to be honest. - billygoat, Aug 8, 2017

Answer 11

Como cada ardilla sabe, comparar los ingredientes escritos en inglés y español es una gran manera de aprender nuevas palabras.

As every chipmunk knows, comparing ingredients written in English and Spanish is a great way to learn new words.

Is this a chipmunk or a squirrel? We have neither in NZ so I guessed at chipmunk. - jellonz, Aug 7, 2017

It looks like a chipmunk to me. :) - bosquederoble, Aug 7, 2017

chipmunk= ardilla listada, literally striped squirrel. So the stripes cue you in. :) - bosquederoble, Aug 7, 2017

Thanks Bosque. I even went so far as to google it. Apparently ground squirrels have stripes too, just not on their heads, which doesn't really help given the angle of the pic :). - jellonz, Aug 7, 2017

The tails differ as well, though. And if you start looking at tropical species you will get all confused. :) - bosquederoble, Aug 7, 2017

Oh ... and I just realised I've inadvertently solved the problem by covering both bases: Squirrel in Spanish; Chipmunk in English :) - jellonz, Aug 7, 2017

I think it is probably an artificial division anyway. :) - bosquederoble, Aug 7, 2017

Ah, yes, the ground squirrel doesn't have a bushy tail whereas this little fella does, so I agree with you Bosque, a chipmunk it is. - jellonz, Aug 7, 2017

I just googled the species info Bosque and apparently they are separate species, even though the chipmunk and the ground squirrel look much more similar than the ground squirrel and the tree squirrel. - jellonz, Aug 7, 2017

I guess the most defining attribute is that the chipmunks think they can sing, while the squirrels have the good sense not to try :) - jellonz, Aug 7, 2017

I agree :) - 00376109, Aug 8, 2017

Answer 12

¿Aspartamo? ¿En serio?

Aspartame? Seriously?

:) - 00376109, Aug 8, 2017

Answer 13

Con correcciones:

La ardilla: "¡Qué estupendo! ¡Me parece que el valor de las nueces ha aumentado considerablemente hace tres días, por lo tanto finalmente podré comprar esa nueva casa en el bosque que vi la semana pasada!"

The squirrel: "That's wonderful! It seems to.me that the value of nuts has greatly increased three days ago so (therefore) I will finally be able to buy that new house in the forest that I saw last week!"

Great caption Feliz! I think "el valor de las nueces ha aumentado considerablemente - Coffeelate 5 hrs ago Sounds more natural - Coffeelate 5 hrs ago

¡Muchas gracias por tus correcciones, Caffecita ¡Me alegro mucho de que te guste mi leyenda!

Corrijan mi español si es necesario, por favor

Original caption (Spanish version only):

La ardilla: "¡Qué estupendo! ¡Me parece que el valor de nueces se ha valorizado mucho hace tres días, por lo tanto finalmente podré comprar esa nueva casa en el bosque que vi la semana pasada!"

Great caption Feliz! I think "el valor de las nueces ha aumentado considerablemente - 00376109, Aug 8, 2017

Sounds more natural :) - 00376109, Aug 8, 2017

¡Muchas gracias por tus correcciones, Coffee! :) - FELIZ77, Aug 8, 2017

Origininariamente, había escrito 'ha aumentado' etc... pero he cambiado mi mente - FELIZ77, Aug 8, 2017

Si, cambiaste de idea. :) Muy bien - 00376109, Aug 8, 2017

Answer 14

Estoy seguro que hay un tipo de comida en alguna parte cerca. Puedo olerla, quizás está a dentro de este paquete.

I am sure there is some kind of food somewhere near. I can smell it, perhaps it is inside this packet.