Bingo and Reveal-
Bilingual (Sort of) #RogueRiddle #1024
Diana Gruber (one of the smartest people I know) perfectly
solved this Rogue on the first pass, as did Lars. However, Lars (having hosted
frequently of late) declined to host. Diana has graciously agreed to host Rogue
#1025. I apologize for the late announcement. Here are the solutions:
Spanish
1.
The Mexican magician waved his wand, said ‘Uno,
Dos,” and disappeared without a TRES (TRACE).
2.
Outside my window I had a vine-like bush with
fragrant clusters of purple flowers. But it died. When I cut it down, I said
“Hasta la WISTERIA (VISTA), Baby.”
3.
“Are you
going to the country to see your mom?” “No, I am going to the city to CIUDAD
(SEE YOUR DAD)”
4.
Did she kick her sister with her foot? No, she
hit her brother with HERMANO (HER HAND).
French
1.
The waiter in Paris asked “Would you like two
eggs in your omelette?” I replied “One
egg is UN EOUF (ENOUGH).”
2.
There were three cats on the Titanic. Do you
know what happened to them? UN DEUX
TROIS QUATRE CINQ (QUATRE CINQ sounds like CAT SANK)
3.
I got a new lawn mower, so now I can COUP DE
GRAS (sounds sort of like CUT THE GRASS but doesn’t translate that way).