Lula is all over the news these days, and the NYT ran a story about his waning popularity and his status as the "Teflon President." Have a read.
In other news, here's a video from BBC Brasil of Obama being chummy with Lula at the G20 this week. If you're an English speaker, you'll have to turn up the sound a bit.
If you could change the subtitles to whatever you wanted (regardless of the actual translation), what would you change them to? (in English or Portuguese)
Examples:
Dude, you forgot the cachaça!
You stud muffin, you.
High five! I mean...four?
..you get the idea.
hey now, i thought that was hilarious about what obama said about lula. i think its cute, they're buddies. they're both crazy characters. in 20 years they will make great movie characters. they need snuggies together. hehe. He SHOULD have given lula the ipod instead of the Queen. he'd prolly use it more :P
Posted by: mallory elise | April 05, 2009 at 03:04 AM
I still think that Kibeloco has the best take on their interaction...
"Simultaneous translation":
http://kibeloco.com.br/files/104/2009/04/ell-lula-obama-good-looks.jpg
Posted by: Thaddeus Blanchette | April 05, 2009 at 08:34 AM
I agree. This is that buddies thing. Funny anyway ;)
Posted by: Sergio Heringer | April 05, 2009 at 09:13 AM
It is good that we all find humor in this meeting of world leaders. However, it is more important than ever that nations communicate and focus on shared problems. To fix the US economy we need other countries to pitch in with stimuli to their economies. The US cannot jump-start this solely by itself although it appears that is the expectation. It won't work this time around.
The good news here is that it seems that Obama is being taken seriously!
Posted by: david | April 05, 2009 at 11:08 AM
How about:
"Uh oh Irmao...who is the blue eyed white guy in the middle?"
Posted by: Gary Thurner | April 05, 2009 at 01:05 PM
Complete lack of social skills from Lula's part, not to mention, he didn't understand a word of the nice buddy talk pulled by Obama...
I am embarassed for Brazil regarding the semi-literate Brazilian president.
Posted by: Ray Adkins | April 05, 2009 at 08:49 PM
"High five! I mean...four?"
lol lol lol (so evil, but lol)
"Oh, you don't have blue eyes, so..you are good".
I was talking with my father about Lula's inability to speak English. We concluded that, he should have learned that. We understand that he has a poor background, but he could have taken lessons in the beginning of his presidential life. It would have been an example of willpower to any Brazilian.
Posted by: Samantha | April 22, 2009 at 03:47 PM