Happy Cinco de Mayo folks..

[The_Elucidator]

Lets remember our illegal brethren today on this, their special day.. :smirky: I'm sure my wife will have to work a double on the ambulance here in the valley, picking up all the body parts from this final day of the 72 hour drunkfest. :ooo:

[PrezLeefun]

Oh joy.

[Elgalad]

Hey 'Luc, don't take this the wrong way buddy.. :question:

But I think I'd much rather celebrate the Cinco de Mayo the same way I celebrate St. Patty's day, Syttende Mai, and Oktoberfest, et al. 'Cause if I got all hung up in worrying about IRA bombers, Viking marauders, and Nazi atrocities, etc, it wouldn't ever leave much of anything to celebrate.

You go on ahead and focus on the illegals all you like though, that's your prerogative. Heck, I'll even join you tomorrow at the border with my rifle. :biggrin:

Tonight though, I'm having burritos and Dos Equis. http://img443.imageshack.us/img443/9203/sombrerojd0.gif


-Elgalad

[PrezLeefun]

^^^Thats the attitude.

[Suzie]

Yep, today is the celebration of Mexican food. :lol:

[Elgalad]

and BEER!

Sheesh, don't leave out the best part. ;)


-Elgalad

[Suzie]

Margaritas, I am not a beer drinker. :lol:

[Elgalad]

Then you probably want a Corona. :tongue:


Corona's Do have a great ad campaign.. and I guess they're cold and wet.


But me, I gotta have BEER to wash down the hot stuff.


It reminds me of the scene on Crocodile Dundee when a punk pulls a little switchblade on Paul Hogan and demands his money. He says, "no, that ain't a knife and pulls out a Bowie. Now That, That's a knife."



http://img257.imageshack.us/img257/5869/xxgm7.jpg

See.. This, this is a Beer.


-Elgalad

[PrezLeefun]

I'll stick to my Coronas.

[Suzie]

I am a wine drinker mostly if I have anything at all. I can't think of any Mexican wines though. :lol:

[PrezLeefun]

^^^ I dont think I'd want mexican wine.

Even tough I made a really simple guacomole recipie. My mom and I discovered it yesterday.

[The_Elucidator]

Hey 'Luc, don't take this the wrong way buddy.. :question:

But I think I'd much rather celebrate the Cinco de Mayo the same way I celebrate St. Patty's day, Syttende Mai, and Oktoberfest, et al. 'Cause if I got all hung up in worrying about IRA bombers, Viking marauders, and Nazi atrocities, etc, it wouldn't ever leave much of anything to celebrate.

You go on ahead and focus on the illegals all you like though, that's your prerogative. Heck, I'll even join you tomorrow at the border with my rifle. :biggrin:

Tonight though, I'm having burritos and Dos Equis. http://img443.imageshack.us/img443/9203/sombrerojd0.gif


-Elgalad

No offense taken there El!! :thumb: I use to approach it much the same way that you do...till I moved down here to south Texaco where EVERYDAY is Cinco de Mayo.. :smirky: Today only makes it official..

[Kathy30]

Happy Invasion Day to you too! Just a few days after May 1, which is National Insurgent Acceptance Day!

I am preparing for tonight's festivities which means closing before dark, putting up the gates, making sure the fire extinguishers are at hand, loading the guns, closing off the front part of the shop so the cats don't get killed in random gunfire. I'll have a glass of wine and listen to the war going on outside.

[HomeschoolrsRUs]

Sorry, I don't celebrate a holiday that has absolutely nothing to do with me.

Wiki's Cinco de Mayo Page (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cinco_de_Mayo)
"Cinco de Mayo (Spanish for "5th of May") is primarily a regional and not an obligatory federal holiday in Mexico. The holiday commemorates an initial victory of Mexican forces led by General Ignacio Zaragoza Seguín over French forces in the Battle of Puebla on May 5, 1862. The date is observed in the United States and other locations around the world as a celebration of Mexican heritage and pride."

[PrezLeefun]

^^^Homes they kicked the French's asses. That always cause for fun.

[CzechPrince]

It's just an excuse to drink in a festive environment.

Thus, as soon as my last class is over, I'm taking myself over to the nearest place that's stocked with Cuervo and Patron.

Happy 5th of May!

[TeenageRepublican]

I'm not celebrating today. Last time I did, I kind of pissed off a group of Mexicans by wearing a National Guard shirt... didn't really end too well...

[DesertFox]

Happy Cinco de MayoOh, yeah? And what if I don't WANT a happy Cinco de Mayo? eh? EH? Ever thinka that? Huh? WELL? What about it? Huh? What if I want Cinco de Mayo to be the worst day ever? huh? HUH?

[Suzie]

I could tell a very politically incorrect (and corny) joke in this thread. Will anyone sue? I got it in my Email so I am not really to blame. :lol:

[TeenageRepublican]

I'll sue you for just about anything Suzie. I'm easily offended, as you all know. ;)

[Taylor1]

To celebrate I'll drink a lot of diet coke. I can't drink so I figure this is a good substitute.

[Wolfcounsel]

"I could tell a very politically incorrect (and corny) joke in this thread. Will anyone sue? I got it in my Email so I am not really to blame. :lol:" --Suzie

Don't tell me it's about why Mexicans don't have barbecues (The beans keep falling through the grill).:evilgrin:

Let's hear it.

[Suzie]

Most people don't know that back in 1912, Hellmann's mayonnaise was manufactured in England. In fact, the Titanic was carrying 12,000 jars of the condiment scheduled for delivery in Vera Cruz, Mexico, which was to be the next port of call for the great ship after its stop in New York.
This would have been the largest single sh ipment of mayonnaise ever delivered to Mexico. But as we know, the great ship did not make it to New York. The ship hit an iceberg and sank, and the cargo was forever lost.
The people of Mexico, who were crazy about mayonnaise, and were eagerly awaiting its delivery, were disconsolate at the loss. Their anguish was so great, that they declared a National Day of Mourning, which they still observe to this day.
The National Day of Mourning occurs each year on May 5th and is known, of course,
As Sinko De Mayo.
WHAT??? You expected something educational from me?

[Wolfcounsel]

I expected some of the shipment eventually washed ashore at Vera Cruz, but it was spoiled, so they dubbed that event Stinko de Mayo.:claps:

[DesertFox]

Those jokes are so corny, they're ethanol.

[Phil Osophical]

Lets remember our illegal brethren today on this, their special day.. :smirky: I'm sure my wife will have to work a double on the ambulance here in the valley, picking up all the body parts from this final day of the 72 hour drunkfest. :ooo:

Are you in Weslaco?

Do Valley hospitals still provide free emergency ambulance service to Mexican citizens of Reynosa and Matamoros? When I was there the Valley Baptist Hospital in Harlingen was packed with Mexican patients from Matamoros.

[The_Elucidator]

Are you in Weslaco?

Do Valley hospitals still provide free emergency ambulance service to Mexican citizens of Reynosa and Matamoros? When I was there the Valley Baptist Hospital in Harlingen was packed with Mexican patients from Matamoros.

McAllen

Ambulance services are popping up all over the place. Some will provide services "without pay" some will not.

The ER rooms are still packed with Blue Hairs and Mexican Nationals. :smirky:

[Suzie]

A local ad

[Beowulf]

^^^Homes they kicked the French's asses. That always cause for fun.
No, they didn't, Prez. The Gringos may have won what turned out to be an insignificant battle in Pueblo but the Frogs returned 9 months later and occupied the country until later in 1865. That's when the U.S. government troops massed at the U.S/Mexican border and told the Frogs, "get out or we will force you out." Per usual, the Frogs tucked tail and went home.

So in truth, Cinco de Mayo is celebrating some 3 years of French occupation of their country. Hey, it's nothing I'd want to celebrate but if the Gringos want to cheer about having one of the worst militaries in the world controlling them then I say let em. To me, May 5th is just another day.

[Livia]

Our school gets Cinco De Mayo off. (I live in Texas). Kinda pisses me off though knowing that if July 4th was during the school year we wouldn't get THAT off. Also, around here white people arent "supposed" to celebrate Cinco De Mayo (I would get alot of crap for it if I did), however you can bet your best fishin pole that every 4th of July I hear the fireworks going off at the dairy. (Where all the mexican immigrants work/live.)

[altekruge]

Instead of celebrating a Mexican holiday, Cinco de Mayo, when the Mexicans beat the French, we should be celebrating the 2nd of February, which is the day Mexico surrendered their nearly uninhabited Northern Territories to the U.S. for a payment of $15 million, ending the Mexican-American war of 1846-48, which by the way, started when Mexico declared war on the U.S. on May 23, 1846.