Happy birthday Miguel Cardoso's twins!

January 28, 2006 9:42 PM

I know that Miguel Cardoso, our favorite Portuguese author and formerly prolific Metafilter contributor, has not been around here much lately - But, I, for one, would like to wish a Happy 25th Birthday to his lovely twin daughters, Sara and Tristana. Congrats, Miguel, wherever you are.
posted by vacapinta to MetaFilter-Related at 9:42 PM (34 comments total)

Holy hotness, Batman!
posted by LarryC at 9:44 PM on January 28, 2006

congrats Miguel and the little Cardosos.
posted by mathowie (staff) at 9:49 PM on January 28, 2006

Dammit. I wish I'd gotten to know Miguel better. Enough so I could weasel into an introduction.
posted by graventy at 10:05 PM on January 28, 2006

Wacky Google Translation
posted by blue_beetle at 10:10 PM on January 28, 2006

For the occasion the egg yolks had been dressed by the estilista Nuno Tiago.

Now that is good writing.
posted by dersins at 10:12 PM on January 28, 2006

yeah, congrats great one, you are missed.
posted by jonmc at 10:37 PM on January 28, 2006

It's hilarious that he could have 25 year old offspring, when the one photo I saw of him looked like he was about 16 years old.
posted by jonson at 10:41 PM on January 28, 2006

In the party they will be many individualities of social the national one

That sounds fun. Well, I do miss him.
posted by y2karl at 10:43 PM on January 28, 2006

Wow. I didn't think Miguel was old enough to have 25 year old children. Ah, what I missed by not being born to the last of the international playboys. Happy birthday ladies and all the Cardosos at sea!
posted by octobersurprise at 10:45 PM on January 28, 2006

Miguel was the first person from Mefi to ever send me a personal email, and at the first NYC meetup back in the Mesozoic era, I talked to him on the phone briefly. He was incredibly gracious and good humored. and back in the day he could defuse an explosive situation better than anyone this side of Gandhi. I miss that crazy Portuges bastard.
posted by jonmc at 10:51 PM on January 28, 2006

hm, hot twins. The mind boggles.
posted by puke & cry at 11:00 PM on January 28, 2006

Shit. Migs has those, and the U.S. is stuck with the fucking Olson Twins?

I hate Portugal so much.
posted by cortex at 11:18 PM on January 28, 2006

Migs has those, and the U.S. is stuck with the fucking Olson Twins?

Why are these two sets mutually exclusive?
posted by Ryvar at 11:40 PM on January 28, 2006

Links related:
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Heheh. Indeed!
posted by scarabic at 12:14 AM on January 29, 2006

Yowza! That man needs to donate to every sperm bank in the Western hemisphere.

Senhoras do feliz aniversario.
posted by Devils Slide at 2:16 AM on January 29, 2006

I like the comment(s).

"SHE WOULD LIKE TO KNOW A THING, What She is THAT 25º ANNIVERSARY Of the GÉMEAS CONTRIBUTES FOR the HAPPINESS IS OF WHO WILL BE? GET the LIFE!"
posted by seanyboy at 5:00 AM on January 29, 2006

From the wacky google translation.
posted by seanyboy at 5:01 AM on January 29, 2006

Paparrucha!!

Also: come back, Miguel! All is forgiven!
posted by languagehat at 5:56 AM on January 29, 2006

MetaFilter: GET the LIFE!
posted by rxrfrx at 6:08 AM on January 29, 2006

If you think they're hot, you should see their mom. Yowza!
posted by ColdChef at 6:45 AM on January 29, 2006

posted by spaghetti at 7:09 AM on January 29, 2006

If this thread doesn't bring Migs back, nothing will. HEY MIGUEL! An international band of cyber nerds are publicly ogling your daughters! Honor demands that you storm in here and snark us severely.
posted by LarryC at 8:09 AM on January 29, 2006

Happy birthday, twins! Send your daddy a message for me, will you?


posted by mr_crash_davis at 8:41 AM on January 29, 2006

That's a social column, don't expect a masterpiece grade text. Here is a non-machine translation:
"The twins Sara and Tristana celebrated their 25th birthday. The daughters of Miguel Esteves Cardoso gathered friends at the restaurant Paparucha, in Lisboa. The jewels were dressed for the occasion by the stylist Nuno Tiago. Many celebrities like Dani, Rita Andrade, Heitor Lourenço e Fernando Cunha, among others, were there."

I kept the awkward "jewels" because the writer used the word "gemas" (both "egg yokels" and "precious stones" in Portuguese) to make a (very bad and not funny at all in the original) pun with "gêmeas" (twins).

The sole comment says something like "I would like to know one thing, how does their 25th birthday contributes to anyone else's happiness? Get a Life". Who would write that in a page called "Fashion and Social News"?
posted by nkyad at 9:01 AM on January 29, 2006

dhoyt?
posted by matteo at 9:10 AM on January 29, 2006

Their birthday has contributed to my happiness.
posted by ColdChef at 9:47 AM on January 29, 2006

i miss him too. i hope all is well.

is pastilhas still him?
posted by amberglow at 11:19 AM on January 29, 2006

Miguel was such an asset to this site. I toast him and his daughters, may you live lives of much health and happiness!
posted by rocketman at 11:39 AM on January 29, 2006

Who would write that in a page called "Fashion and Social News"

A MeFi Doppelganger across the Atlantic getting his pantaloons in a bunch over the Portuguese Paris and Nicky Hilton?
posted by dgaicun at 11:40 AM on January 29, 2006

This, perhaps, explains why we haven't heard from Miguel in a while.
posted by ColdChef at 11:56 AM on January 29, 2006

FAO: Miguel's daughters. Could you please tell your Dad to come back to MetaFilter?

This, perhaps, explains why we haven't heard from Miguel in a while.

He's been planning their birthday party all this time?
posted by jack_mo at 12:16 PM on January 29, 2006

He's been planning their birthday party all this time?

More likely, he has his hands full keeping them out of trouble.
posted by gsteff at 1:05 PM on January 29, 2006

The Press in Portugal is also wondering why he has been so quiet, of late.
posted by vacapinta at 1:26 PM on January 29, 2006

Metafilter has left him a broken man.
posted by sgt.serenity at 6:34 PM on January 29, 2006