I have a cat in my pants and many more delightful giggles

So yesterday I was sitting doing some homework with Anika and Rachel. We half worked and half talked--as most good students will do :)

One of the things that we talked about was my desire to collect the phrase, "I have a cat in my pants" in as many language possible. This childish joke was started with me and friends one day in High school when I was teaching them some key Spanish phrases.

So far my collection is:

Yo tengo un gato en mis pantalones-Spanish

Ich habe eine katze in meiner hose-German

and that was all I had at that point before our talk. Anika was kind enough to tell me it in Swedish and the three of us collectively tried figuring it out in Thai.

yargh haaard en kat e mhinah biksud-Swedish

Dii Chan/Pom mee mao nai gang gang-Thai ?

U menya koshka v shtanach-Russian (I asked my friend online)

So now I can say this clearly key phrase in 5 languages. The list is growing. In retrospect, it may seem like a pointless thing to collect, but I've noticed that the silly nature of the phrase works as sort of a unifier. No matter what language you translate it into, it is a ridiculous phrase and it can easily work as an ice breaker and a way to dip into several cultures and languages at once.