"And the mom wanted twins!"

Tonight I was making a ghetto handmade Candy Land for my English Club this Friday afternoon. It was a daunting task, so many colors! Luckily, my totally kick-ass host mom was like, "Jessie, te ayudo?" "Si, po!"

So as we are sitting at the dining table, coloring square after square after square, I mess up the color sequence which leads to my host commenting on my intelligence. (Even in a foreign language they catch on!)

"Jessie, que tonta!"
"Wilma, hay un chiste en mi familia..."

I told her about the Family Joke. The Family Joke goes something like this.
[Jessie does or says something stupid.]
"Jessie, you went to Berkeley?"

El fin.

After I explained the joke (informing her that it's funny because Berkeley is the number 1 public university in the United States and the world), she laughed really hard. This led to her telling me about a certain chilenismo. It is now officially my favorite chilenismo (más de "pan con palta" y "hacer una vaca"). The chilenismo goes something like this:

[Someone does or says something stupid]
"Y la mamá quería mellizos!"

"And the mom wanted twins!" (Or fraternal twins if we're getting picky. I'm sure gemelos works too.)

Get ready. I'm bringing this to the English-speaking world.