Ask a Mexican
I'm reading this book called Ask A Mexican. It is a compilation of letters from an Orance County newspapaer called appropriately "Ask a Mexican". I thought I would share it with you.
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Why do Mexicans always cram into a small car?
Baba Louie
Dear Gabacho: Because a burro can't support more than three people.
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Here's another one
Are all Mexicans Catholic? If so Why?
Saint Big Gut
Dear Gabacho: Not all Mexicans are Catholic, but 90 percent are, a number that has dramatically decreased in the past couple of decades due to the rise of evangelicalism and--as in the rest of the world--exasperated congregants who want to church for the twenty first century and no one that cccontinues to build gaudy churches and little else. So why do Mexican follow such a faith? Blame our papi and mami: the Spanish friars who imposed the word of Christ with the sword of Man, and the Indian women who succumbed. But the Indians had the last laugh--Mexican Catholicism is Catholicism in name only, with many adherents still clinging to indigenous traditions, mixing many of the saints with former local gods )best example is Virgin of Guadalupe) to create a mestizo religion that infuriates the Vatican but is their only salvation.
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One more...I thought this one was pretty funny...
Why is it that many of us in our culture tend to live at home until we get married?
Stay-at-Home Slacker
Dear Wab: Gabachos view this strange facet of our culture as a sign of immaturity, but it's really the wisest thing a young person can do. It's a good deterrent against premarital sex, you get free room, board, and cable, and your doting mother will ensure your underwear is ever clean. Parents get the added benefit of incorporating their child's salary into constant home renovatios and get a bit of rent. Let gabachos have their starving student years--I'll take the comfort of mami any day.
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Hope you enjoyed..
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Why do Mexicans always cram into a small car?
Baba Louie
Dear Gabacho: Because a burro can't support more than three people.
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Here's another one
Are all Mexicans Catholic? If so Why?
Saint Big Gut
Dear Gabacho: Not all Mexicans are Catholic, but 90 percent are, a number that has dramatically decreased in the past couple of decades due to the rise of evangelicalism and--as in the rest of the world--exasperated congregants who want to church for the twenty first century and no one that cccontinues to build gaudy churches and little else. So why do Mexican follow such a faith? Blame our papi and mami: the Spanish friars who imposed the word of Christ with the sword of Man, and the Indian women who succumbed. But the Indians had the last laugh--Mexican Catholicism is Catholicism in name only, with many adherents still clinging to indigenous traditions, mixing many of the saints with former local gods )best example is Virgin of Guadalupe) to create a mestizo religion that infuriates the Vatican but is their only salvation.
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One more...I thought this one was pretty funny...
Why is it that many of us in our culture tend to live at home until we get married?
Stay-at-Home Slacker
Dear Wab: Gabachos view this strange facet of our culture as a sign of immaturity, but it's really the wisest thing a young person can do. It's a good deterrent against premarital sex, you get free room, board, and cable, and your doting mother will ensure your underwear is ever clean. Parents get the added benefit of incorporating their child's salary into constant home renovatios and get a bit of rent. Let gabachos have their starving student years--I'll take the comfort of mami any day.
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Hope you enjoyed..