# Ed, WTF? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [January 23, 2009, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ed-wtf/482650 "2009-01-23T15:46:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 10
**Author:** ![Sapo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ec9cab/32.png) [@Sapo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sapo)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2009, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ed-wtf/482650/181 "2009-01-30T13:56:41Z")
Huh? what? where? I am not sure what the question is (or whether I am being whoosed), so I will answer all I can and hope for the best: Chorizo is to Spanish what sausage is to English. A common euphemism for the penis. Cruz de Navajas (Cross of Blades/knives) means a knife fight. The first and only time I have heard it used for that is on the Mecano song of that name. Still, that song was so hugely popular in every country that speaks Spanish that everybody knows what you mean. Neither is a gay thing. ---
**Author:** ![leander](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/bcef8e/32.png) [@leander](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leander)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2009, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ed-wtf/482650/182 "2009-01-30T14:05:51Z")
Sorry, I was making a dumb joke (at the expense of our homophobic, knife-wielding friend). I blame Jerry Seinfeld. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2009, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ed-wtf/482650/183 "2009-01-30T14:46:29Z")
Not that there’s anything wrong with that… ---
**Author:** ![yojimbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yojimbo/32/232_2.png) [@yojimbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yojimbo)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2009, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ed-wtf/482650/184 "2009-01-30T17:06:50Z")
Heh! [“American Idol” Judges Mistake Local Saying For A Threat](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/01/30/american-idol-judges-mist_n_162473.html) ---
**Author:** ![sailor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a587f6/32.png) [@sailor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sailor)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2009, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ed-wtf/482650/185 "2009-01-30T17:38:51Z")
> [@yojimbo](#): > > Heh! > > [“American Idol” Judges Mistake Local Saying For A Threat](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/01/30/american-idol-judges-mist_n_162473.html) And, rather than apologise or explain, just let the thread go on for some days and then closed it without further ado. Typical. That’s why I hate anyone in a position of authority. They are all incompetent and corrupt. ---
**Author:** ![leander](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/bcef8e/32.png) [@leander](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leander)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2009, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ed-wtf/482650/186 "2009-01-31T03:11:07Z")
> [@yojimbo](#): > > Heh! > > [“American Idol” Judges Mistake Local Saying For A Threat](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/01/30/american-idol-judges-mist_n_162473.html) That’s just weird. Do people really say “Be careful” as a common expression? ---
**Author:** ![ToeJam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dfb087/32.png) [@ToeJam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ToeJam)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2009, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ed-wtf/482650/187 "2009-01-31T04:04:59Z")
I say “take care of yourself” all the time. Sometimes “watch yourself” but never really “Be careful” and I don’t know anyone else who does the same as moi. ---
**Author:** ![leander](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/bcef8e/32.png) [@leander](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leander)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2009, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ed-wtf/482650/188 "2009-01-31T05:19:42Z")
> [@Ro0sh](#): > > I say “take care of yourself” all the time. Sometimes “watch yourself” but never really “Be careful” and I don’t know anyone else who does the same as moi. I’ve used “take care” and “take care of yourself” as well. But never “be careful”. Seems very odd. Sounds like either a threat or the Hill Street Blues opening. ---
**Author:** ![Hostile\_Dialect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e495f1/32.png) [@Hostile\_Dialect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hostile_Dialect)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2009, 6:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ed-wtf/482650/189 "2009-01-31T06:17:07Z")
When a gay man and a lesbian walk out of a room together, I like to yell out “Be safe, kids! Use protection!” ETA: Where I hang out, that happens a lot more often than you’d think. Hostile Dialect, Hostile Dialect, Narcissist ---
**Author:** ![sailor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a587f6/32.png) [@sailor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sailor)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2009, 10:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ed-wtf/482650/190 "2009-01-31T10:52:39Z")
> [@leander](#): > > That’s just weird. Do people really say “Be careful” as a common expression? No. “Take care” is weird. Take care of what? The goldfish? These internets is wonderful things. I just found out “sapo” means “soap” and “colibri” > [@](#): > > combines the raw power of the command line with the intuitive nature of a modern graphical user interface and that > [@](#): > > Children leave Colibrí concerts tapping a new rhythm, remembering some words in Spanish, or wondering what life might be like in faraway places but also that > [@](#): > > Colibri is a professional but nowhere did I find instructions for wiping the floor with colibri’s sorry ass. Then I thought it was probably not a good idea and a turkey or ostrich would work out better. ---
**Author:** ![leander](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/bcef8e/32.png) [@leander](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leander)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2009, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ed-wtf/482650/191 "2009-01-31T12:02:13Z")
> [@sailor](#): > > No. “Take care” is weird. Take care of what? The goldfish? Take care (of yourself). Though I suppose it could pertain to one’s goldfish. When I look up Colibri I find it translates as “hummingbird”. Not sure if that’s relevant here or not. 🙂 In any event, it appears he won’t be coming back - and his defenders are also conspicuously absent. Perhaps he’s finally learned his lesson. ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2009, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ed-wtf/482650/192 "2009-01-31T12:21:11Z")
> [@sailor](#): > > No. “Take care” is weird. Take care of what? The goldfish?. Not being Spanish, I might find many expressions you use as “weird.” Being somewhat Southern US(Virginia), I’ve used “take care” as a parting expression all my life, although not as much as other expressions. The article did say that the contestant was from the South. If the contest were held in Brooklyn, then his use of them might have been a little more suspect. ---
**Author:** ![sailor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a587f6/32.png) [@sailor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sailor)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2009, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ed-wtf/482650/193 "2009-01-31T13:26:45Z")
> [@samclem](#): > > Not being Spanish, I might find many expressions you use as “weird.” Being somewhat Southern US(Virginia), I’ve used “take care” as a parting expression all my life, although not as much as other expressions. > > The article did say that the contestant was from the South. If the contest were held in Brooklyn, then his use of them might have been a little more suspect. Ahem, I see I have failed to adequately express and convey my point of view which is exactly the same as yours, i.e.: I was responding to **leander** and saying that no expression is intrinsically weird but that it is only a matter of usage and that if you try to analyze them literally they might sound weird. ---
**Author:** ![Nzinga\_Seated](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b5ac83/32.png) [@Nzinga\_Seated](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nzinga_Seated)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2009, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ed-wtf/482650/194 "2009-01-31T14:40:54Z")
> [@Ro0sh](#): > > I say “take care of yourself” all the time. Sometimes “watch yourself” but never really “Be careful” and I don’t know anyone else who does the same as moi. Ha. I like ‘watch yourself’. I mostly say, ‘peace’ but often I say, “be easy”, which I guess we have shortened from ‘take it easy’, which is I guess a bit like ‘take care’ which is a form of "take care of yourself’ which could be interpreted as, “I will cut your throat from ear to ear.” ---
**Author:** ![Sapo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ec9cab/32.png) [@Sapo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sapo)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2009, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ed-wtf/482650/195 "2009-01-31T15:24:05Z")
> [@sailor](#): > > These internets is wonderful things. I just found out “sapo” means “soap” You need a new internet. ---
**Author:** ![sailor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a587f6/32.png) [@sailor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sailor)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2009, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ed-wtf/482650/196 "2009-01-31T15:40:14Z")
> [@Sapo](#): > > You need a new internet. Nah. You just need to learn Latin: > [@](#): > > [Soap - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soap) > > Soap, consisting of sodium (soda ash) or potassium (potash) salts of fatty acids is obtained by reacting fat with lye in a process known as saponification. > > the Latin word sapo simply means “soap” ---
**Author:** ![Sapo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ec9cab/32.png) [@Sapo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sapo)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2009, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ed-wtf/482650/197 "2009-01-31T17:17:33Z")
Oh great, now Colibri is going to say I am a slippery character. ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2009, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ed-wtf/482650/198 "2009-01-31T17:38:39Z")
Yeah, but he can’t accuse you of fighting dirty. ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2009, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ed-wtf/482650/199 "2009-01-31T17:40:00Z")
Give a new meaning to the phrase “Wash your mouth out with soap.” Or is that a threat? ---
**Author:** ![Omegaman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e480ec/32.png) [@Omegaman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omegaman)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2009, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ed-wtf/482650/200 "2009-01-31T19:09:53Z")
> [@Sapo](#): > > Oh great, now Colibri is going to say I am a slippery character. Most toads I’ve handled have had a mucous kind of thing going on. Frogs are just slippery. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ed-wtf/482650.md?page=9) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ed-wtf/482650.md?page=11)