I can say 'Here is my passport' in russian. ... and 'How are your parents' in portuguese. I'd do well if I was dropped in the middle of Europe wouldn't I?
Following on from the Eight Words Game, did anyone watch the '50 Greatest Comedy Sketches' programme a few days ago, and did it seem to anyone else that the funniest sketches were all 30 or 40 years old (Two Ronnies, Morecambe and Wise, Monty Python etc.)? I don't know who the public were that voted, but they didn't ask ME.