How very funny

I'm sitting in an internet cafe in a Paris suburb. In the cafe, a couple people are arguing in a mix of French and Arabic, and the woman uses "Que boluda!" in the middle of the argument. Of course, that got my attention...since I know what that is.

I've used the masculine form of this in my blog, back in the Buenos Aires Days. It's not very nice, and it's a particularly South American (or so I've been led to believe) insult. The Lonely Planet (boo, hiss) guide to Argentina lists it as a particularly Argentinian insult, and a Colombian guy I met knew what it was, too.

It's just particularly funny to listen to an argument in Arabic and French, and then hear a South American insult thrown in.

Though, I want to learn how to swear in Italian, so maybe it's not all that strange.

Or, learning some insults in Arabic would be really cool.

The possibilities are elegant and boundless!