Chatting with Thiago

That title works because, if you remember from my last blog, Thiago is pronounced "CHEE-ago." 
It works, I swear.
Anyway, my adventure with Thiago had quite a humorous start.
So, there I was, sitting alone inside 1873.
I had e-mailed Thiago a few times trying to set up another meeting time, and I had failed miserably.
We couldn't respond quick enough to decide on a date and time to reunite between 5-6 different emails.
Talk about your miscommunication.
Finally we decided on Thursday at 1 in 1873.
So, there I was, sitting alone inside 1873.
Where was Thiago?
Was he standing me up?
(Again. NOT A DATE)
I whipped up a blog post in my free time documenting our pseudo-break up and I was about to post it when I finally received an email.
"I'm already here!" From Thiago.
HERE? WHERE? I'm here, not him! My eyes perused about the room, but to no avail. I ran around the first floor of the BLUU for 5 minutes until I realized he was sitting right outside of Union Grounds. 
Embarrassed about my obliviousness, I ran up to him and started our conversation immediately.
I planned to discuss humor, but before I could initiate my first question, Thiago threw out his own joke.
I told him my mom was coming in town, and he immediately responded with a comment about how that must mean I was cleaning up my room for her.
A simple comment, but when paired with a smile and a chuckle, humor ensued.
I think it was especially funny because of my lack of expectations mixed with our casual acquaintance relationship. Anyway, whatever it was, it provided a nice comic relief to our meetings.
We discussed the topic of the day- comedy. We started with movies. Thiago shares a similar appreciation for comedy as I do, as in, we both love the same movies. Dodgeball, Zoolander, anything with Ben Stiller or Will Ferrel. Those guys are just funny. You don't have to be from here to appreciate their slapstick comedy combined with ridiculous acting styles.
What surprised me is that Thiago also enjoyed the intellectual English humor of Monty Python- which, again shows, that humor knows no borders. He said the first time he watched it he didn't understand or appreciate it, but his enjoyment grew with repetition, and the evil little bunny never failed to make him laugh.
So what does fail to make him laugh?
The Hangover. That's "pushing it," according to my Brazilian friend.
I somewhat disagree, mostly because of the quotability of that movie, but that's okay.
I did my research prior to this interview, and came prepared with some knowledge about Brazilian humor. I name dropped "Casseta and Planeta" to him, which is like a Brazilian "Saturday Night Live," except it's not live. According to Thiago, It was funnier in the 90's, or maybe he just grew up a little, and stopped finding the humor in the skits. 
Happens to the best of them.
The best conversation about comedy that we have revolved around Twitter, and who to follow. 
Thiago follows the fake Brazilian President, and I tried to find a funny tweet to post in this blog, but alas, I do not speak Portugese, and I'm pretty sure the humor became lost in translation.
Bummer.
We continued to discuss our favorite tweeters, and he mentioned Free Facts, which is an account that tweets out obviously false facts, like:
"The Earth is fat"
"Russians shed their skin every 8 years"
and my favorite
"Male sisters are sometimes referred to as brothers."
LOL, right?
In return, I showed Thiago my favorite accounts, which are all pun accounts.
"I wrote a song about a tortilla yesterday. Actually, it was more of a wrap."
HAHAHA GET IT? WRAP, RAP? puns, man. Thiago enjoyed it. 
We chatted about jokes for a bit longer, and I asked what a typical Brazilian joke was. There isn't a specific formula to create laughter, but they do enjoy making fun of the Portugese, because "they're stupid." 
I guess Portugal is akin to our Canada, so I understand the humor there.
Our lull in conversation moved me to end our meeting, out of my phobia of awkward silence, and I promised to work on my questions and ability to communicate. We are conversation partners after all!
I bid him adieu and we went back to our separate lives with our similar tastes, never to meet again.
Just kidding, we're having lunch next week.
LOL.