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American GaadhegaLu (proverbs)

I was very sick over the last weekend (both physically and mentally), so I came up with the list of american gaadhegaLu, just to cheer myself up!

* Fussy husband ge yogurt alloo stone anthe.
* Dollar iddavne dhoddappa.
* Hotte ge bread illa thale ge Nike cap.
* Cent ge hodha maana quarter kotroo baaradu.
* Kayyi dirty aadre baayi yogurt.
* Yathaa rentu thathaa apartmentu.
* Soccer match nodo heNNanna nambabeda, shopping maado ganDanna nambabeda.
* MaLLi MaLLi manchakke yeshtu kaalu andre, 1-800-COT-LEGS ge phone maadi andlanthe.
* Kempage irodella sause alla.
* Cot iddashte kaalu chaachu.
* Peter hodha, Peter bandha.
* Ondu kaNNige bread, innondu kaNNige burger.
* Kunilaaradha street dancer sidewalk sari illa andlanthe.
* Maadodella anaachara, apartment mundhe "God Bless You" sticker.
* Thaayiyanthe magaLu, wool-inanthe sweater.
* Credit card andre coma li irovnoo eddu baayi bitnanthe.
* Dude nelakke bidroo french beard maNNaglilla.
* Chinnadha fork antha naalige ge chuchchikolakke aagutta.
* Coke kaLLa andre kayli can idya antha nodkondnanthe.
* Hodhya ghost andre bande closet li anthanthe.
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Anonymous said…
Tumba Channangide....

-Satish D
December 21, 2005 9:49 AM
Anonymous said…
Vasuki at his creative best :-)
December 21, 2005 10:38 AM
Anonymous said…
Sikkapatte hilarioussaagi ittu Dude!
December 21, 2005 12:37 PM
micromysore said…
adbidde guru ninge ..
awesome ..
January 07, 2006 6:04 AM
Anonymous said…
Channagide .. very very good indeed
January 09, 2006 10:35 AM
Anonymous said…
superraagide guru ...
January 10, 2006 9:45 AM
Anonymous said…
nimma ADunika gAdegLu tumba curukAgive
nimage abhinandanegalu
panditaradhya@yahoo.com
March 02, 2006 7:18 PM
Anonymous said…
"MaLLi MaLLi manchakke yeshtu kaalu andre, 1-800-COT-LEGS ge phone maadi andlanthe"

ulti gadegalu...
June 01, 2006 1:38 AM
Bikerdude said…
Anna! Nim padad xerox kodi solpa.

Biddu biddu nakkde!

LOL

"Salsa aadokke gothilderovnu dance floornal dent anthaane"
October 24, 2007 11:57 AM
Anonymous said…
Hello! Nice post..) Could you please explain what does this word: "kayyi" mean
January 24, 2008 1:03 PM
Anonymous said…
You should have listed few more or could have invited readers to add on.
Very nice one...

1. Ondu recession tappisi kondre green card guarantee
2. Account manager client madhya onsite coordinator poor aada
3. Green Card melu aase India Real estate melu preethi
4. Pizza tinda mele coke kuDiyale beku
5. Client heLiddu projectu IT engineer keLiddu extension
6. 6 dollar kotre client kaDe 3 dollar kotre manager kaDe.
7. taanu east coast ge hogodalde elrunu karkondoda.
May 25, 2012 12:30 PM
Bit Hawk said…
Superb ones Veena! Keep them coming.
May 25, 2012 4:54 PM
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