Frank and Ernest by Thaves for December 15, 2011
December 14, 2011
December 16, 2011
Transcript:
Ernest: Having trouble managing your personal finances, Frank? Frank: It's all Greek to me!
Aussie Down Under almost 13 years ago
How much does a Greek urn (earn)? A lot less nowadays.
sutirtho almost 13 years ago
όλα τα ελληνικά της για να με
InTraining Premium Member almost 13 years ago
The desk, chair and waste basket were a good start….. ! ! !
whitecarabao almost 13 years ago
This is more subtle (and more topical) than Thaves usual pun factory gags. I like it.. JackButler’s billingual comment is great , but I need a translation for sutirtho’s comment — it’s Greek to me.
bmonk almost 13 years ago
I can read Greek letters—enough Math to remember them, and one year of Grad School Koine—but all I can make out is “the whole Hellene thing . . .”
bmonk almost 13 years ago
It’s all Greek to me???
Phatts almost 13 years ago
OK, OK, enough with the “it’s all Greek to me” gags, we get it, we get it!
mistercatworks almost 13 years ago
In Shakespeare’s “Julius Caesar”, Marc Anthony is asked what language some people are speaking, he replies, “It’s Greek to me.” It was Greek. That is the first known use of the phrase. Somehow, this has come to mean anything a person does not understand.
Celad almost 13 years ago
and Italian and Spanish and… …and American