wot? are you all on crack or something this weekend? *rolls eyes at Mefi*
Oddest comments Evah, people
ubu: got the first bit, didn't understand the small stuff i.e. mera sapna sadhu hai translated as my dream is a sadhu, you want to be one is what you're saying? Its the full moon night here in Singapore and I lit some incense shit and said the gayatri mantra - covering my ass, sure, but you never know when enlightenment may hit you like a bolt out of the blue so "be prepared" as the boy scoutmaster said.
me? I'm cleanandsober, this here is singapore, where you are hung by your heels for minor misdemeanours and flogged for petty theft...
tellurian: are you trying to say something in three comments?
astroZ: whatevah ;p posted by infini at 9:54 AM on June 30, 2007
Actually, that last link is Issue #7. Here is a link to issues 1 through 6. Thanks for the post, though; I'm enjoying so far! posted by redsnare at 10:58 AM on June 30, 2007 [1 favorite has favorites]
Why do you think it's called Virgin comics? posted by Mblue at 11:00 AM on June 30, 2007
damn, homunculus... I wish I'd seen that earlier... I hate even teh whiff of a double post posted by infini at 11:59 AM on June 30, 2007
tellurian: are you trying to say something in three comments?
1) see Panels 15 and 16 of your post (inclusive of insets, excluding cover and accompanying panel "Would you agree professor")
2) I think that the ink is great
sayyyyyyyyy Tellurian... NICE link... thanks!
Oh my! Have you not been there before? Are you in for a treat. Some of my all-time favourites (YPOVMD) are: William Dalrymple talking about The Sepoy Mutiny of 1857 - fascinating history. Everything is Miscellaneous - Taxonomy/Folksonomy 101. If you want controversy, listen to Christopher Hithchens shout down other people. I could go on but…
Might I also point you in the direction of Awesome Tapes from Africa, because it's a great post and it fills up the free space on my mp3 player after downloading these podcasts.
Sorry for the derail infini posted by tellurian at 12:54 PM on June 30, 2007 [1 favorite has favorites]
no derail, tellurian, would you mind if I immediately went and marked you as something soppy on the contacts list? posted by infini at 1:54 PM on June 30, 2007
infini links to MetaFilter user(s): tellurian (something soppy)
other than that, i wasn't able to come up with the hindi for "to be", other than the ubiquitous 'hai', but yes, now i've finished my studies & am in service, all i need do is marry, pop out a kid or two, marry them off, and then it'll be all "well, seeya never, i'm putting on the saffron, growing back my dreadies & hitting the road!". posted by UbuRoivas at 4:12 PM on June 30, 2007
ubu: :) that's almost exactly where I'm at right now, though I "hit the road" in 2002, its only now i've finally got some time to just stand still and Be for a while.
aah, you can say mera sapna hai sadhu ban-ney ka
or
mere ko sadhu ban-na hai
hai is to be :)
{hai hai kya baath hai} ;p posted by infini at 11:19 PM on June 30, 2007
ubu: wait, without 'hai' you can say
mera sapna hai ki main ek din sadhu banoonga posted by infini at 11:21 PM on June 30, 2007
ji hanh.
ek din my sadhu banoonga will be flapping merrily in the breeze :D posted by UbuRoivas at 12:04 AM on July 1, 2007
(hm, unfamiliar with baath. one source says "talk"; another "lap, or bosom". talk, lap, bosom and bath. nice) posted by UbuRoivas at 12:50 AM on July 1, 2007
meh , men posted by infini at 2:29 AM on July 1, 2007
baath as in "talk" but that's a literal translation. in this context the sentence is an exclamation of suprised approval or "that's sooo coool, dude" ;p posted by infini at 5:12 AM on July 1, 2007
Awwww, shucks infini, that's sweet or as they say elsewhere, Thanks for the add!!! posted by tellurian at 5:33 PM on July 1, 2007
UbuRoivas: Not that you or anyone else is necessarily reading at this point, but perhaps the word you were looking for is "hona"? I'll email you too; just wanted to post it here as well for the benefit of future generations. posted by skoosh at 4:21 AM on July 4, 2007
Grrr... stupid stray double quotation mark. This is the comment to which I was trying to refer above. posted by skoosh at 4:53 AM on July 4, 2007
don't worry, it'll show up on their "recent activity" pages.
hona? rings a bell. not hoga?
(i only studied hindi for a coupla months, other than a year or more spent in Bharat-Mata) posted by UbuRoivas at 6:14 AM on July 4, 2007
Not that you or anyone else is necessarily reading at this point
You'd be surprised. posted by tellurian at 7:16 AM on July 4, 2007
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