Hangover
09/19/08
It's
ashot (oops! "short")
inconvenience!
While trying
towine (I mean, "write") this to
you, I havebeer (sorry, "I have been") soft
and slow all morning.
I had a great
celebrationlast night!
Today it's
like having a hangover!
Not a real one
- no headache or other bad symptoms like dizziness,
dry mouth, etc..., just feeling slow
today.
***
A little girl
was watching her parents dress for a party. When she
saw her dad donning his tuxedo, she warned, "Daddy,
you shouldn't wear that suit."
"And why not, darling?" the
father asked.
"You know that it always
gives you a headache the next morning."
Vocabulary
Helper:
shot = (noun)
small amount of liquor (dose de bebida
alcoólica)
donning =
(verb, "to don") to dress, to put clothing
on
tuxedo =
(noun) man's formal clothing; type of formal
jacket
warned =
(verb, "to warn") give advice
wrath = (noun)
fury, anger, rage
cheers = (interj.) salutation or toast;
word said just before drinking alcoholic drinks, to express
good wishes
***
"A hangover is the wrath of
grapes."
"Ressaca é
a ira das uvas"
This
clever saying plays with the title of the
well-known book The Grapes of
Wrath,
by John Steinbeck, translated to Portuguese
as "As Vinhas
da Ira".
The Grapes of
Wrath was written in 1939. It's about
a family of farmers moving from Oklahoma to California
during the American Great Depression (1930's), looking
for better opportunities. It's a sad story, reflecting
the sad reality stamped in the American
History.
It's worth reading the novel - at
least in Portuguese, if you will.
The movie made after the book and
directed by John Ford (1940) is pretty good too and has
Henry Fonda in the cast. The end is not the same as in
the novel.
Veja mais
informações sobre a obra em
Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Grapes_of_Wrath
(in
English)
or
http://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/As_vinhas_da_ira
(in
Portuguese)
Enjoy your parties, but avoid
hangovers! They really slow you
down!
Cheers!
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