WDWFigment
Well-Known Member
Am I the only one who gets this, yet does not find it funny or clever?
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Funny Monorail Shirt
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mpoppins76
Well-Known Member
Love that one!Addicted to hunting for Disney T-Shirts on cafepress now, there are so many great ones, here are some of my faves:
http://www.cafepress.com/waltquote
Walt's quote from the end of the Meet The Robinsons film
Pumbas Nakasak
Heading for the great escape.
Humour is obviously too former colonies for me.:lookaroun A bit like Woody Allen
Laura
22
What I don't get is why the "Por Favor Mantengase Alejado de las Puertas" phrase is so funny/clever to people who speak English. This is something I've always wondered. Like, do Spanish speaking people feel important if they can say "please stand clear of the doors" in English?
I always see that phrase in Spanish in signatures on this forum and such and I don't get the joke. Why is it so funny and witty to overuse that phrase? It's like a pet peeve of mine. Like saying "hey look at me! I went to Disney World and rode the monorail and learned to say 'please stand clear of the doors' in Spanish so now I'm gonna say it all the time and try and look important!"
Putting it on a t-shirt is even more lame. :lol:
:shrug:
I always see that phrase in Spanish in signatures on this forum and such and I don't get the joke. Why is it so funny and witty to overuse that phrase? It's like a pet peeve of mine. Like saying "hey look at me! I went to Disney World and rode the monorail and learned to say 'please stand clear of the doors' in Spanish so now I'm gonna say it all the time and try and look important!"
Putting it on a t-shirt is even more lame. :lol:
:shrug:
monorailguy01
New Member
I do not get the joke, Whats so funny about the shirt??
garyhoov
Trophy Husband
It's Disney World. Lighten up and have a little fun.
I think it's sort of like why Boba Fett is so popular with Star Wars fans. Everybody knows who Luke Skywalker and Han Solo are so being a fan of Boba Fett sets you apart as a special kind of geek:lookaroun . . . sort of like a secret handshake.
George
Liker of Things
It's Disney World. Lighten up and have a little fun.
I think it's sort of like why Boba Fett is so popular with Star Wars fans. Everybody knows who Luke Skywalker and Han Solo are so being a fan of Boba Fett sets you apart as a special kind of geek:lookaroun . . . sort of like a secret handshake.
If you really want to look cool, walk around wearing Jar Jar gear!:lookaroun
Mr_Tom_Morrow
New Member
Oh geez it gets worse. You can buy a thong with that phrase
WHHHHYYYYYY????
:lookaroun :lol: :lol: :lookaroun :lookaroun :lol: :lol: 
SpenceMan01
Well-Known Member
I think many people (myself included) like the phrase not because "we think we can speak spanish", but because the quote is a Walt Disney World classic. Even though the monorail spiel changes and is updated, that classic Jack Wagner saying lives on. It's a bit like "Welcome Foolish Mortals, to the Haunted Mansion..." or "We wants the redhead!"
Laura
22
Meesa thinks youssa crazy!
Laura
22
It's Disney World. Lighten up and have a little fun.
I think it's sort of like why Boba Fett is so popular with Star Wars fans. Everybody knows who Luke Skywalker and Han Solo are so being a fan of Boba Fett sets you apart as a special kind of geek:lookaroun . . . sort of like a secret handshake.
I guess so. I dunno. Why don't people recite the tram spiel in Spanish then? I guess I don't get the appeal. :lol:
Laura
22
Eh ok. But why not just repeat the English part? Why is it always the Spanish? :lol:
mpoppins76
Well-Known Member
disneydudette
Well-Known Member
I don't think I could laugh at the OP shirt, but I definately find it clever and wity. Would I wear it? Sure why not... it's getting BOTH points across right? My love for disney mixed with the love/respect for those in Africa? Heck they could even sell it at the AKL
It's a very clever pun...
As for the monorail spiel... it's just a classic line. Should people have it plastered on shirts and signatures? Eh... does it really matter?
It's a very clever pun...
As for the monorail spiel... it's just a classic line. Should people have it plastered on shirts and signatures? Eh... does it really matter?
Actually the thong's a little scary if you think about it.
Doors, what doors?!?!
:ROFLOL: :ROFLOL: :ROFLOL:
Buried20KLeague
Well-Known Member
For us it's not about being funny... For us, that's when we know we're finally HOME again.
The first thing we do is head to MK. Always. And we always take the monorail. When we hear those lines (both English & Spanish), we know we're finally there.
That's at least why I would buy the t-shirt. :shrug:
joel_maxwell
Permanent Resident of EPCOT
for me it is the gentlemens voice that is saying it. not really what he says.... just his accents on certain words that you dont hear everyday like, "Por Favor Mantengase Alejado de las Puertas"
i make the same deal about the "paging Mr tom morrow" and "now approaching, space mountain"
