Праздники

А у нас на носу - два праздника на Ха - Х-мас и Ханука.

McCain

Моя мама меня спросила - "Ну этот кандидат в президенты, Мак как его?"

A Russian lies to fight traffic ticket ends up in jail for perjury

Why I am not surprised the guy who tried to lie to a traffic judge is a Russian. Is it a stereotype or Russians do tend to think they are smarter than the system?

The article in NYTimes says the guy ran a stop sign, brought a picture of an intersection a block away without a stop sign, was found responsible, appealed to a judge, brought the correct picture to the appeal, got 1 year jail term for perjury from the judge.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/01/us/01perjury.html

SFGate reports that Bamberg, a former car salesman, was also suspected of switching street signs when the traffic commissioner said she would go investigate herself. "Bamberg acknowledged his fingerprints would be found on the street signs, but said he had to adjust them while taking his photos"

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/02/24/BAGESOA6DF24.DTL

Чурки и сыр

Долго не мог понять почему Винни назвал себя "Чурки" (chaource). Потом одолел свою лень, и гугливо обнаружил, что это тип сыра "Шаурс".

Врач

Потому врач, что все время врет.

Glass or glaz?

My son who hears English, Russian, and Chinese points at a picture of a guy wearing glasses and says "glas". Is that "глаз" (glaz, Russian for an eye) or "glass"? I now wonder if those two words have a common etymology?