Adventures in conversation exchange...

Conversation exchange. Pretty self explanatory right? A simple, informal, meeting between two people, specifically to exchange conversation with the purpose of practicing a new language. Well, some Spanish men have a very different translation for conversation exchange. They see these meetings as opportunities to meet women and, conveniently, mistake conversation exchange websites for dating forums. Hence, one must be very selective when choosing a conversation exchange partner. The following, is a message I received from one of these sites. It just struck me as a little odd. Needless to say, Jesus and I will not be meeting anytime soon...


¡Hola!, ¿qué tal?

Me llamo Jesús, soy español, he nacido en Madrid y tengo 26 años. Vivo en Madrid.

Me gusta la música, cualquier tipo de deporte, la naturaleza, viajar, etc.

Me considero una persona extrovertida, divertida y con muy buen humor.

Yo te puedo enseñar castellano a cambio de que tú me enseñes inglés.

Prueba de mi carácter, te escribo algunos chistes que espero te gusten. He intentado elegir algunos fáciles de entender y que no dependan del contexto.

CHISTE 1:
-¿Qué es aquello que es verde y al apretar un botón se vuelve rojo?
-Una rana dentro de una batidora.

CHISTE 2:
-¿Quién mato al libro de lengua?
- El sujeto.

CHISTE 3:
- Camarero, camarero, hay una mosca muerta en mi sopa. 
- ¿Y que esperaba por este precio?, ¿Una viva?

Jajajajaja

Espero seamos amigos.

Jesús

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Hi, how are you?

My name is Jesus, I'm Spanish, I was born in Madrid. I am 26 years old and now I live in Madrid.

I love music, any type of sport, nature, travel...

I consider myself, funny and a person with great good humor.

I can teach Spanish if you teach me English.

Proof of my character, I write some jokes that I hope you like. I tried to select some easy to understand and don´t depend on the context.

JOKE 1:
- What is something that is green and if you touch of a button turns red?
-A frog in a blender.

JOKE 2:
- Who killed the language book?
- The subject.

JOKE 3:
- Waiter, waiter, there's a dead fly in my soup.
- And What do you expected for this price?, An alive fly?

Hahahahaha

I hope to be friends.

Jesús

Interesting, right? If I had responded, it would start out something like this...


Dear Jesus,


I enjoy long walks on the beach, sunsets, snuggling up in front of a fire, oh and really awful jokes.