That's Buffalax, with a capital B

according to the Urban Dictionary, Buffalax is "the art of taking an Indian (or any other non-english) music video and giving it subtitles for what it sounds like in English." not to be confused with buffalax: "an extremely fat woman with a bad attitude". an important distinction.

now, i certainly don't want anyone to think that I don't love the fantastic people of India. if you think a Buffalaxed video is offensive, i am very sorry and please know that is not my intention. point is, you should stop reading now. this is your only warning. because that's what the rest of this post is about.

so, when I was in Spain, chris showed me what is perhaps the most famous Buffalax video: benny lava. i found it highly entertaining and i laughed. a lot. for your enjoyment (and please note, these are music videos so they are several minutes long, but if you read the subtitles throughout them, totally worth your time! plus...the dancing!):



well, sometimes i watch it to cheer myself up. and then i found this...mwhahaha. sorry, anticipatory cackle. it is the Indian answer to Michael Jackson's Thriller. really. fancy red suit and everything.



so here's where i could go into a deep philosophical discussion about how often we only hear what we want to hear. but really, it's all about those dance moves...so just "calm down and park that comfy shin guard armor!"