Mayor Bloomberg may be a lot of things, but a good Spanish speaker is not one of them. I was glued to news coverage of Hurricane Irene all weekend, and couldn’t help but laugh out loud every time he struggled through his brief translation of pertinent information. Guess what a funny mom from Inwood decided to do about it….

She made @ElBloombito the next twitter sensation…

Por favor to donatandator los bloodos nybloodcenter.org Necessan blood! Urgente! Que transfusion!

Lo siento por el previous typo—
Miguel Bloombito (@ElBloombito) August 29, 2011

Necesito helpayudo para el cleanup del Irene! Por favor to signo up to volunteeriento at nyc.gov/service—
Miguel Bloombito (@ElBloombito) August 29, 2011

And the Mayor himself has even joined in the fun!

Me escuchas, @ElBloombito? bit.ly/qHHGXv—
Mike Bloomberg (@MikeBloomberg) August 29, 2011

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In case you haven’t experienced the joy of hearing our Mayor translate himself (or just want to relive it), here you go:

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By the way, TIME Magazine seems to enjoy this as much as I do!

Take us out Bloombito!

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