The pen is mightier than ... (Spanish/Italian)

In English it is a pen. In Italian Penne pasta is named for its resembling a pen. However, in Spanish a pen is a boligrafo or pluma. I learned this lesson when I asked a colleague to préstame tu pene. Luckily, my colleague understood that I wanted to borrow his pen, not to know him intimately.

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Severine, Birmingham2010-09-09

So funny...

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Mike, Los Angeles2009-09-16

Oh my God, talk about turning red, I am thinking what thoughts went through the colleague's head,

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