A friend of mine had spent some time in Mexico City and introduced me to the “Perdona Mi Vida” finger monocle. It is a phrase and gesture combo. To create the monocle, you put your middle finger on top of your index finger and use the space between them to represent a monocle (think Mr. Peanut’s one lens attached to a string). You bring the monocle up to your eye, act very fancy and give it a “well, excuse my life,” kind of comment.
I learned of this when said friend was complaining about having to go to the barn that night to “blanket her thoroughbred (horse),” because it was a chilly night. She was annoyed by the chore and I just looked at her in a “wow, you’ve got first world problems” kind of way. She laughed at herself and shared the monocle with me in a mockery of herself.
Here you will find a list of some First World Problems quotes.
I want to hear your first world problems.
(photo by Looking Glass, via Flickr)
Linda says
My remote was stranded on my entertainment console a mere 6 feet from my couch, which I was laying on underneath a fleece blanket in my flannel pajamas on a cold, rainy night. I was forced to watch a TV show I cared nothing about…….
Christina Warren says
Wow. That sounds really terrible. How much money in therapy has that cost you? Bahahaha