Today is the Day of the Boludo and that give us a chance to talk about Argentinean culture, yet again!
What’s a boludo, you ask? It’s basically an idiot, someone who’s not very bright. But the campaign for Dia del Boludo is doing its best to assert another definition: a boludo is someone who follows the rules. The opposite is a vivo, someone who’s clever and likely a cheat. Vivos look for opportunities to take advantage of others typically by breaking the rules.
Argentina is full of both boludos and vivos. But the culture sometimes seems to respect vivos more than boludos and that’s what the gang over at El Dia del Boludo wants to change. In fact, I pulled most of these quiz questions from their Boludo Testimonials page, which is full of people confessing to being boludos.
Happy Day of the Boludo! Try our quiz (15 questions) and then let us know in the comments whether you’d categorize the three San Francisco hippies in the picture at the top of this post as boludos or vivos????
Boludo or Vivo – A Quiz
4 Comments To This Article… add one
July 7, 2010, 1:32 pm
jajaja ¡Ese sketch me mató de risa!
July 15, 2010, 5:55 pm
I tell ya… that Naty comes up with the best stuff!
July 7, 2010, 1:11 pm
Este programa Argentino “Todo por dos pesos”, es genial…aquí un sketch , se llama “Boluda Total”, espero que lo entienda hay mucho argentino aquí,:)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FnmIckFmojU
Besos
July 15, 2010, 5:55 pm
Que barbaro!