Those Yahoo Babelfish people must think they're SO funny.

I head out on my deck this morning for a quick cigarette and I see my neighbors little black and white mini schnauzer loose. Again. Since we all live about 8 feet from each other I figured I'd be nice and catch the dog for them, so i stepped down and gave a nice little whistle and "Come here boy."



The damn thing looked up, growled, woofed and ran.



Apparently I am not Dr. Doolittle.



But since I was still feeling generous, I went over and knocked on the neighbors door, and an elderly spanish woman opened it for me.



"Hi, your dog is loose and I-"



"Oh, me no speaka english! Jus Spanish!"



"Oh.. sorry. tu perro, um... uh. Okay."


"Oh perro? Si, mucho problemo!" and she held up a broken collar.

"I tapped my chest, and with some rediculous handmovements got her to understand that i will try to catch the little mutt for her. She gave me a Gracias and I left.



I tried again but it was not a success, the little sucker was quick. Alas, I still felt bad since I knew Aniumal Control would be around within the hour to get him and wanted a way to let her know I tried. That's when I had an idea. The internet! My computer knows everything! And I jump on and let Yahoo Babelfish lead the way.



I type "Your dog is loose and I can not catch him." into the translater and flipped it to spanish. What came out was "Su perro es flojo y no puedo cogerlo."



Now, the only thing I didn't trust was the grammar and I (Ha) didn't want to embarrass myself, so I hop onto a message board I frequent to see if anyone on it speaks spanish. I told them what I typed, then the translation and asked if that was right.



What I got for a response wasn't entirely expected.



"Nooooo girl!!..lol Your telling them that their dog is loose and you can't fuck 'em. "





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DAMN YOU YAHOO! Damn you to Hell!



The only solice I have in this embarrassing experience was the fact that at least I didn't go up to my 65 year old neighbor and her 4 year old grand daughter and told her that I couldn't bang her dog. I'm not terribly sure what could of resulted if I didn't have the brains to double check THAT translation.