Posted by C. Rivera Chicago Notary Services on 5/5/11 9:44am
Msg #382188

Happy Cinco De Mayo.... n/m

Reply by mwm143 on 5/5/11 9:52am
Msg #382190

Feliz Cinco de Mayo to you as well. n/m

Reply by Bob_Chicago on 5/5/11 9:53am
Msg #382191

Re: Happy Cinco De Mayo I celebrated by ...

dumping a small jar of Kraft Mayonaise (Lite, or course) into the
kitchen sink. (jk)
Actually we may go out to dinner at a local Mexican Restaurant, unless I get busier tonite.

Reply by Les_CO on 5/5/11 10:14am
Msg #382195

Re: Happy Cinco De Mayo....

Or even, as some of the Noble prize winners say…. Cinco de Ocho !

Reply by James Dawson on 5/5/11 10:17am
Msg #382196

Re: Happy Cinco De Mayo....

Same to you! We're gonna have some jerked chicken,...Caribbean-style

Reply by HisHughness on 5/5/11 11:05am
Msg #382202

The real story

Many Anglos are unaware of the origin of Cinco de Mayo, mistakenly connecting it to some sort of battle or other significant event in Mexican history. That is not really the case at all.

Before it became known as the world's foremost producer of tequila and headless corpses, Mexico briefly experienced a time in the worldwide culinary spotlight. Around the first part of the 20th Century, the State of Tamaulipas produced a condiment that found its way onto tables throughout both North and South America. The condiment was a mayonnaise flavored both with tequila and jalapenos.

Mexican producers wanted to expand sales to Europe, and in furtherance thereof in 1912 shipped 30,000 cases of the product to London, whence they were to be sent to Spain and Portugal, where palattes were deemed most hospitable to Mexican cuisine. Unfortunately, the ship that carried the 30,000 cases of condiment was the Titanic. We all know what happened to that ill-fated vessel -- and the 30,000 cases of mayonnaise. The exotically flavored condiment never made it to European tables, and the financial loss was so great that the producers themselves went under shortly after the Titanic sank, taking with it 30,000 cases of tasty mayonnaise.

The whole episode now is almost lost in the mists of history, and today survives only in our annual unknowing commemoration of it -- Cinco de Mayo.

Reply by FlaNotary2 on 5/5/11 11:22am
Msg #382206

Cinco de Mayo is largely uninmportant in Mexico

It has been ovrely Americanized, and most Americans think it represents Mexican independence.

I just finished up taking a "Moder Mexico" class this semester. On the day of the final exam (yesterday), someone joked, "So Cinco de Mayo is Mexico's independece day right?", to which everyone in the class broke out in laughter. September 10 (or September 27 if you are a 19th century Mexican conservative) is the day Mexicans celebrate as their independence day.

Hugh - I don't know if you were joking, you probably were, but Cinco de Mayo WAS a battle, albeit a minor one in the grand scheme of Mexico's history. It marks the anniversary of Mexico's victory over France in the Battle of Puebla (Puebla is a Mexican state, and it is one of the only areas in Mexico that actually celebrate Cinco de Mayo).

Reply by HisHughness on 5/5/11 11:33am
Msg #382210

Hugh - I don't know if you were joking

Robert - I don't know if you were serious

Reply by C. Rivera Chicago Notary Services on 5/5/11 12:06pm
Msg #382214

ANYWAY...today is pretty much celebrated the same as

St. Patrick's Day...most use this day as a reason to get plastered, eat, get more plastered....and EVERYONE is Mexican today!

EAT, DRINK AND BE MERRY PEOPLE!

Reply by HisHughness on 5/5/11 12:26pm
Msg #382218

Cinco de Mayo is a day of great merrymaking in Austin...

...and even more so as one moves southward through such hispanic enclaves as San Antonio. Mucho tequila y mas cervesa es down el gullets de los Mexicanos y los white guys quien tienen las esposas Mexicanas. My ex-mother-in-law, at 80-plus, was part of a Mexican folk dancing troupe, and was much in demand on this day. Me, I just tagged along for the free enchiladas. Where salsa is concerned, I prefer it as a tortilla dip rather than a dance. I just never got the hip motion; somehow, my butt always resembled an oil barge in heavy seas more than a flamenco dancer.

Reply by C. Rivera Chicago Notary Services on 5/5/11 12:30pm
Msg #382221

he he Hugh, I guess white-men can't jump or DANCE either..JK

Salsa, the dance, is more of a carribean dance than Mexican...FYI...

Reply by Calnotary on 5/5/11 12:33pm
Msg #382223

Mexican restaurants in my area

They always play salsa music, wth? Salsa music is not mexican, lol!

Reply by C. Rivera Chicago Notary Services on 5/5/11 12:39pm
Msg #382225

I was in a mexican restaurant a few weeks ago with the my

family and we, unfortunately, were seated under a speaker, and as soon as our food was delivered to the table, BAM, loud a$$ Mariachi music blasted our ear drums off! We never ate so fast in our lives!

Reply by BrendaTx on 5/6/11 8:44am
Msg #382342

Re: he he Hugh, I guess white-men can't jump or DANCE either..JK

Flamenco is thought to be a product of the Spanish "Gypsies" of Andalusia and that it has Moorish, Turkish, and Arabic influence, as well.

(From a smart @$$ who has recently done fun research on Flamenco.)

Reply by Richard Deutsch on 5/5/11 12:28pm
Msg #382220

Re: Cinco de Mayo is largely uninmportant in Mexico

Professor Irwin Corey strikes again.
God, I wish I was one half as intelligent as you THINK you are.

Reply by C. Rivera Chicago Notary Services on 5/5/11 12:32pm
Msg #382222

Wikipedia says, "Professor" Irwin Corey...

...born July 29, 1914, is an American comic, film actor and left-wing political activist, who is often billed as "The World's Foremost Authority"....HA!

Reply by bagger on 5/5/11 12:57pm
Msg #382229

He was (maybe still is hilarious

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RHlLmYVCzKY

Reply by JanetK_CA on 5/5/11 8:40pm
Msg #382319

Re: He was (maybe still is hilarious

Thanks for that! How many laughs did he get before he even said the first word?!!! Classic Irwin Corey...

Reply by bagger on 5/5/11 1:06pm
Msg #382232

Re: Cinco de Mayo is largely uninmportant in Mexico

Here's a quote for you from the Prof.
Follow his sage advice!

When your IQ rises to 28, sell.

Reply by MikeC/NY on 5/5/11 3:40pm
Msg #382263

Robert, didn't you read the part of his story...

... about the Titanic?

Hugh was spinning an amusing yarn, but he lost it completely when he got to that part. The ship sailed FROM England headed towards America - not the other way around. Also, it sank in April.

Come to think of it, maybe he didn't lose it completely; someone bit...

Reply by BrendaTx on 5/6/11 8:26am
Msg #382340

Re: Cinco de Mayo is largely uninmportant in Mexico

*Americans think it represents Mexican independence*

Nope, not here. They think it means "$1 Margaritas at On the Border."

Reply by Linda Spanski on 5/5/11 12:26pm
Msg #382217

Snopes says this isn't true

Hugh, the Titanic sailed from England, not Mexico.

Reply by JAM/CA on 5/5/11 12:40pm
Msg #382226

Just hilarious Hugh, can't believe people didnt get it n/m

Reply by 1AZNotary on 5/5/11 1:43pm
Msg #382236

Re: Happy Cinco De Mayo....

You are so sweet Cari :-) You too Girl!
This is for you. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qrv8dYDZlQQ
~Viva México, viva América!!!
Michelle Williams, Formally …Michaela Castel de Oro Leon

Reply by Ali/IL on 5/5/11 1:55pm
Msg #382238

Re: Happy Cinco De Mayo....

Thanks for a good laugh!!!!
You guys are hilarious.Needed a laugh this week especially after having to pay $1,118 of car repairs!

Reply by JanetK_CA on 5/5/11 8:44pm
Msg #382320

Ahhhhhh...thanks, Michelle! n/m

Reply by JanetK_CA on 5/5/11 8:50pm
Msg #382321

Ahhhhhh...thanks, Michelle!

Doesn't feel like Cinco de Mayo without great Mariachi music! 'Course a good Margarita wouldn't hurt, either - but I need to leave for a signing... Oh well...

Que les vayan bien todos!! [No time for proper punctuation...]

Reply by FlaNotary2 on 5/5/11 2:12pm
Msg #382243

Let me get this straight

It is OK for Hug to post some nonsense story about Cinco de Mayo - but if I post an explanation as to what it really represents (after having just spent the last four months learning Mexican history), it is OK for Hugh and Bagger to act like I am being some know it all.

Give me a break. Today is not pick-on-Robert day.

Reply by Pat/IL on 5/5/11 2:28pm
Msg #382244

Re: Let me get this straight

I think they're just giving you a little bit of a hard time for not getting the stupid joke. Like, the sinking of the mayonaisse. Get it?

Reply by Yoli/CA on 5/5/11 2:41pm
Msg #382249

Robert ~ not picking on you but, n/m

Reply by Yoli/CA on 5/5/11 2:43pm
Msg #382250

Re: Robert ~ not picking on you but,

Mexican Independence Day is 16th (not the 10th, as you stated).

Reply by jba/fl on 5/5/11 3:52pm
Msg #382265

One cannot always be literal. n/m

Reply by Ali/IL on 5/5/11 6:05pm
Msg #382293

Re: One cannot always be literal.

Oh my I just got it!!! Mayo!!!lol

Reply by JanetK_CA on 5/5/11 8:55pm
Msg #382323

Re: Let me get this straight

I think you're right, Robert. Some of those comments were uncalled for. It might have helped, however, if you had posted your comment somewhere else instead of right after Hugh's creative tale about "Sinko" de Mayo. That was apparently just too much for some to resist... But then again - it might not have made a whit of difference to some. Best bet is to let it go and ignore it, if you can, as I imagine most of us do.

Reply by HisHughness on 5/5/11 9:55pm
Msg #382326

Indeed, Robert, let's do indeed get this straight

I post an obvious sendup of the term "Cinco de Mayo."

You respond by indicating you don't know if I was joking.

I respond by noting that I'm not sure you're serious since it was such an obvious joke. Then you get on my case for criticizing you as a know-it-all.

Proctologists must really love you, Robert, because you can be a pain in the butt much more often than necessary.