Wednesday, August 25, 2010

Fat Eyes

So, two of my students taught me a Portuguese expression yesterday: when you're jealous of something, you have "fat eyes" for it. Isn't that a great one?

Now that I know the right term, I can say I have fat eyes for this particular aspect of Brazilian life:



Why have I never seen a moto taxi before? I got to ride home on one yesterday, in the cool Brazilian night air, with my ill-fitting helmet (yes, the one worn by all passengers) rattling around on my head. Definite fat eyes for the moto taxi, if not for the cobblestone routes to home.



2 comments:

tenacious d said...

So, you hop on the back, or is there a sidecar?

Anonymous said...

Very cool! Can you bring your own helmet along? The shared helmet thing would sort of ick me out. lol