That’s ol’ Slippin Jimmy for you, ever hear about that time in Chicago with the sunroof? Good stuff
Seymour, who reportedly had a daily rate of $150 for his translation services, lasted less than a day on the job before he was replaced.
$150 in 1977 is roughly $800 today. I don’t think he charged enough for such an epic troll.
He’s here to fuck and he’s not leaving.
I absolutely love OOP’s summary. One of the best posts in internet history.
Ich bin ein berliner!
“…Omnibüs!” techno music
I tried to get a photo in front of the gate with a donught. Apparently it’s just not a very popular pastry in Germany, or at least it wasn’t at the time (not suprised given what I ate there… Don’t know why you’d settle). IIRC even the dunkins nearby didn’t have one.
And — while it’s been said that Polish journalists exaggerated on this part — it was widely reported that Seymour also mistranslated the innocuous statement that Carter was happy to be in Poland to the much less innocent claim that he was “happy to grasp at Poland’s private parts.”
Not the worst invasion they’ve seen.
I’d be concerned if it was something bill clinton said.
“here we go again”
Reminds me of the famous “I am a jelly donut” line I think from JFK or whoever it was.Edit: turns out its a myth! Another poster said it below but here’s the page I found with the info: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/why-does-everybody-think-jfk-said-im-jelly-donut-180963779/
Ich bin ein Berliner. Yep, JFK.
That’s a myth
Really? What’s the real story?
He said it right and there was some paper that made a comment that was misinterpreted by a lot of people.
I found it! Thanks for the correction!
