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One wife, two wives = HANDCUFFS ???!!


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Old 10-04-2008, 01:49 PM
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Default One wife, two wives = HANDCUFFS ???!!

I ran into a really amusing translation.

Wife = Esposa

Handcuffs = Esposas

I am not sure what the plural of esposa is but if its also
Esposas... I think this is HILARIOUS!!!

Not sure if I would comsider having more than 1 wife being in Handcuffs or not. Suppose it depends on the situation. If your Like EMAN.. and have a WIFE in every country ... I suppose it could work !

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Old 10-04-2008, 03:12 PM
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Default Re: One wife, two wives = HANDCUFFS ???!!

Yep, you are absolutely correct C640. I wouldn't be surprised in the least bit if certain GT members had grandiose ambitions of being polygamists in Latin America. You would think that with certain guys "searching" for a wife after 6-7-8 plus years, they would of found somebody and settled down by now.
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Default Re: One wife, two wives = HANDCUFFS ???!!

I think it is in Chinese, and I don't know Chinese so I am going on something I heard ages ago, but..

The Chinese create some words by building up pictures from other words. I believe the word for trouble, or problem, is the picture of two women in one house. Or it maybe, wife and mother in one house, I don't remember which.

I may have this totally wrong, but.. it seems somehow appropriate given the theme of this conversation.
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