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The latest song by The Crazy Assholes, a duo consisting of Frank Pratte (fep) and yours truly.
The lyrics appear onscreen during the video.
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09-05-2024 12:44 PM
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This is a bit tangential to your post, but I was thinking about the name of your duo. I teach ESL as a volunteer through the local library system and many of my students are of Mexican descent. To better able work with them, I have been learning Spanish. I have found that if I feel the need to "swear", doing it in Spanish works very nicely as long as there aren't any Spanish speaking people around. I did it once at a board meeting for our condo association and one of our Mexican-American families was there. They just about died laughing. When our property manager asked what I said, they said it was something about the weather, and saved me from an argument.
The name of your duo would then be: Pendejos locos (pronounced pendayhoes locos), which sounds very intriguing to the non-Spanish speaking crowd. Then on stage you could refer to each other as "cabron", which is kinda the same thing, only a bit stronger, and referring to a specific person.
Nicely done tune by the way, as well as good advice in your lyrics.
Tony
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Thanks, Tony.
Originally Posted by tbeltrans
This is a bit tangential to your post, but I was thinking about the name of your duo. I teach ESL as a volunteer through the local library system and many of my students are of Mexican descent. To better able work with them, I have been learning Spanish. I have found that if I feel the need to "swear", doing it in Spanish works very nicely as long as there aren't any Spanish speaking people around. I did it once at a board meeting for our condo association and one of our Mexican-American families was there. They just about died laughing. When our property manager asked what I said, they said it was something about the weather, and saved me from an argument.
The name of your duo would then be: Pendejos locos (pronounced pendayhoes locos), which sounds very intriguing to the non-Spanish speaking crowd. Then on stage you could refer to each other as "cabron", which is kinda the same thing, only a bit stronger, and referring to a specific person.
Nicely done tune by the way, as well as good advice in your lyrics.
Tony
Pendejos Locos might be a more palatable name for many, but as I live in South Florida (and write the condo newsletter where I live), Spanish speakers abound. And they might assume we sing in Spanish, which we do not.
Nonetheless, an alternative to Crazy Assholes is worth considering. (I can't post under that name at the Tele Forum---they just delete the posts.)
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Willburyish. Good tones. Enjoyed it.
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Personally, I have no problem with the name. In fact, I think it adds fun. It is just my experience (at least around my condo association) that some people (not all) take exception to such names and what they consider swearing or "foul language". Spanish is a pretty language and can soften such words. Originally Posted by MarkRhodes
What I find interesting is that those same folks who object to such language often use terms that are known as "minced oath" or "mangled profanity". This refers to using words such as "shoot", "friggin", "freakin", darn, etc. Everybody knows what these mean as well as terms such as "shut the front door", but apparently as long as they aren't saying the "real" words, by pretending not to, that passes muster somehow. I think saying the real words, but in Spanish is a better and more honest approach. As an example, instead of saying the words represented by "WTF", "que carajo" says exactly the same thing in a more palatable manner. What I mean by "honest" is that if one is going to say the word, don't say it and pretend not to.
These days the word "f$%^" has come to be a means of expressing frustration rather than its original intention and s$%^ has just become another word. In other words, just as the word "awesome" has lost any impact because these days everything is "awesome" rather than on seeing the Grand Canyon for the first time, so have some of the more colorful words in our vocabulary lost their impact through common usage and broadening of their meanings and application.
I don't know why I got off on this tangent. Maybe because I teach ESL and therefore think about language from a different perspective than I did before volunteering to do this. Also, I have been teaching our care taker to say these things in Spanish because some people complain about his "colorful" language.
Tony
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Folks may find this translation of your groups name less offensive, since it's an actual medical term.
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But better make it "crazy butt syndrome" lest you be mistaken for a Grateful Dead cover band.
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Catchy! Liked and subscribed
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Understood. I have a friend with a very colorful past (and body---he's a retired tattoo artist) who doesn't care for "vulgar" language even though he says he used to use a lot of it himself; it's a change he made in his life and would prefer not to hear it. I get that. No problem. Originally Posted by tbeltrans
I think the name is funny but not everyone takes it that way. I'm used to other people not seeing the humor in some things I find funny, so I'm not surprised by this. Such is life.
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Thank you, m_d! I appreciate that. Originally Posted by m_d
Catchy! Liked and subscribed
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Funny you should mention butts. My wife says I don't have one. I'm a big guy but my butt is relatively small. As a result, I cannot sit on a hard seat for long. It's not just irritating but painful. This is especially irksome for a guitar player who needs to practice (seated) a lot. There are worse fates and I'm no would prefer this one to those, but if I had back all the money I've spent on cushions and such, why, I could buy another guitar! Originally Posted by Mick-7
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^ I have a home gym including a leg press. I have to only use it once every 2 weeks because it's so effective and I don't want a big ol donk being a man. This is helpful because I can do legs literally once every 2 weeks and focus on upper body the rest of the time. Recommended.
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Even simpler, body weight squats. Just squat down and go back up. If you can't do that, sit in a chair and get back up 5 times without using your hands. If you don't work your body, it falls apart.
That reply is to both of you guys. Not just Bobby.
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I do some different kinds of squats for functional exercise but leg pressing 300 lbs straight up is where the bulk of my muscle building comes from.
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Yeah, you already have the machine, might as well use it. I get that. Originally Posted by Bobby Timmons
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I do squats. I swim every day. I lost 50 + pounds walking---my lower body is pretty stout. There's just not much butt there to cushion my tailbone. Originally Posted by AllanAllen
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Leg pressing heavy will fix that. I used to use it once a week but then switched to every week and a half then to every 2 weeks because it was too much lol.
Last edited by Bobby Timmons; 09-06-2024 at 06:26 PM.
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Completely stupid. Originally Posted by MarkRhodes
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Dear pleasant internet person. Originally Posted by pawlowski6132
You seem to be missing the point.
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Enlighten me. Originally Posted by pamosmusic
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They're having fun doing something they enjoy and are kind enough to share it. Originally Posted by pawlowski6132
Give it a go.
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What's with the foul language??? Originally Posted by pamosmusic
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What... you mean this? Originally Posted by pawlowski6132
Originally Posted by pawlowski6132
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Lol! Good advice there, well done. Was thinking this exact same thing today. Don't add negativity but don't be all wimpy and defend yourself if it's called for.
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