The loosest slots – not so loose afterall/ ??? (preklad nefunguje)

I got a funny story for you. For the longest time, even after living in America for couple of years, I kept wondering about this huge highway billboard. It entertained the passing-by driver with a picture of three people having a very good time, laughing like crazy and giving you inviting looks to join them as soon as possible. The three people were usually 2 decently looking women and 1 man, all about 5o years of age. The sign said: “The loosest slots” (and then a name of some place which I did not know). Since spelling was never my strong side, I automatically thought that it said ‘The loosest sluts”, which kind of changes the whole meaning. For years I was completely appalled and flabbergasted about this commercial, for couple of reasons. One, America seemed like such a conservative and moral country to me, where brothels were forbidden and prostitutes were nowhere to be seen; two, why did they hire such old models? I mean, if they HAD to do it, why not hire someone who is more attractive? I was racking my brains about this for years!!!!

But as it usually happens, the truth finds its way out and I did found the real meaning of the commercial. It was a local casino advertisement!!!!!

What wretched things has to a poor foreign soul undergo during the process of assimilation…….only the tough survive the journey!

CZ: Mam pro vas legracni historku. Videli jste nekdy ten americky dalnicovy billboard, kde se vesele usmivaji tri postarsi lide – vetsinou pan a dve pani- s napisem “Loosest slots”? Neprislo vam to, jako cizinci, divne? Me osobne to prislo HROZNE divne. Maly hacek u me bylo ale me spelovani; pro mne slovo ‘slot’ bylo totiz uplne to same jako slovo ‘slut’ a tutiz se cele mineni reklamy zmenilo na naproste faux pas. “Coze? Oni tu tak klidne popaguji prostitutky??”, “Vzdyt Amerika je preci takova konzervativni zeme!”, pomyslela jsem si zklamane. “A to nemohli alespon najmout nejake atraktivnejsi modelky?!”

Proste jsem z toho billboardu byla uplne vedle. Po dobu nekolika let. Ale pravda si vzdycky najde cestu a take ja jsem po letech absolutni ignorace zjistila prave mineni onoho sloganu. Samozrejme ze ‘slots’ jsou hraci masiny v kasinu, kdezto ‘sluts’ jsou prostitutky. Velky rozdil. Ona reklama totiz propagovala mistni kasino, kam se dostavuje vetsinou starsi generace.

Zivot imigranta je zivot tezky, plny prekazek a trapnych (z kterych se casem stanou “roztomile”) zkusenosti. Jen ti nejdravejsi vydrzi proces asimilace ;0)