Legends about white flag, green envy & red sports cars
Color associations vary greatly from culture to culture, just as each language or dialect has unique colloquialisms that are often misunderstood or lost in translation. In many Western cultures the feelings of envy or jealousy are commonly associated with the color green. However, in German the feeling is most closely related to the color yellow, as the phrase „gelb vor neid,” or „yellow with envy” suggests.
Morning sex
She was standing in the kitchen preparing to boil eggs for breakfast, wearing only the ‘T’ shirt that she normally slept in. As he walked in almost awake, she turned and said softly, „You’ve got to make love to me this very moment”.
His eyes lit up and he thought, „I am either still dreaming or this is going to be my lucky day”.
Not wanting to lose the moment, he embraced her and then gave it his all; right there on the kitchen table. Afterwards she said, „Thanks”, and returned to the stove, her ‘T’ shirt still around her neck.
A little puzzled, he asked, „What was that all about”?
She explained, „The egg timer’s broken”
Vocabulary lessons for bankers
Vocabulary lessons for bankers: Here’s your vocabulary lesson for today.
Word:’Liquidity’
Definition: When you look at your investments and wet your pants.
Lectii de vocabular pentru bancheri
Iata lectia de vocabular de astazi: vom vorbi despre „lichiditate”.
Definitie = Lichidate se cheama atunci cand te uiti la investitiile tale si iti uzi pantalonii.
Iar mai jos, o imagine despre cum se folosesc procedurile de securitate in vreme de criza:
Verdele Sfant Patrick
Desi Ziua Sf.Patrick are culoarea verde ca si tema, un mic amanunt ar putea sa va distreze: albastrul a fost odata culoarea asociata acestei zile. Culoarea originala a Sf.Patrick nu a fost verde, ci albastru. Nu a fost pana in secolul 19 cand verdele a devenit culoarea nationala a Irlandei si in cele din urma si a Zilei Sf.Patrick datorita asocierii cu trifoiul, primavera si Insula de smarald.
The green St. Patrick
The original color of St. Patrick’s Day was not green, but blue. It wasn’t until the 19th century that green became Ireland’s national color and eventually the color of St. Patrick’s Day because of its association with the shamrock, springtime and the Emerald Isle.
Sleeping in the financial crisis
Sleeping in the financial crisis: I don’t have a sweet repose since the financial crisis started, and don’t get why? I’ve remote all my money from the bank …
Somnul in perioada de criza
Somnul in perioada de criza: De cand mi-am scos banii din banca, nu mai dorm bine – si nu stiu de ce …
Cub de gheata expus in parcul Coltea sub sigla NG
Un cub de gheata cu latura de 1m este expus de National Geographic in parcul Coltea, in perioada februarie-martie, pentru a atrage atentia asupra pericolului incalzirii globale, informeaza organizatorii. Cubul de gheata, expus sub chenarul galben al National Geographic, inalt de cinci metri, are inghetat in interiorul cubului o simulare a unui lingou de aur in valoare de 10.000 de euro, bani pe care ii va castiga persoana care va estima cat mai exact timpul in care se va topi complet cubul si va trimite prognosticul prin SMS, in cadrul unui concurs.
At Super Bowl, NBC banned a Vegan’s ad
So it was the opening of Super Bowl. The PETA ad was banned by NBC, but in Arizona the game was … out of gear for 10 seconds by a frame from an hot XXX adult movie! Come on guys, it’s not fair! The Vegan’s ad is nunnery compared with those 10 seconds.