Curious...

[ED MCNALLY]

In <4hagds$aj0 at B1FF.mindspring.com> quinones at mindspring.com (Cathy
Quinones) writes: 
  I don't mind it when people ask, 
>but if they take this "oh, look, this is so cute, say something in
Spanish" 
>attitude, or try to dwell on it (in particular when the conversation
had a 
>purpose originally), the temptation to tell them "your mother was a
hamster 
>and your father..." is in Spanish is VERY strong.  (I usually don't
use that 
>exact phrase because "hamster" sort of gives it away ;)

 How do you say "...smelt of elderberry."  in Spanish, anyway? ;^>
You could say "I wave..."  oh, never mind. ;^>