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wow, so on fat tuesday, which is carnaval down here i went to the fair, just to walk around and see what was going on. i had just taken a shower, i was clean and happy, there was a very sketchy looking third world ferris wheel spinning around faster than any ferris wheel i'd ever seen, and before risking our lives on it me and my friend decided to do a loop of the other festivities first.
there was fussball, video games, other amusement park style entertainments, kiddie rides and what not, pretty typical stuff for a fair in guatemala. and then we came upon a large group of teenagers, some covered in some powdery white stuff. they were blocking our way, so we were looking at them, sort of whats going on here? and then we decided maybe we should just turn around and head back for the ferris wheel. the second we turned our backs, the mayhem started. some boy cracked a raw egg on the top of my head and then all of a sudden it was a shitstorm of flour and egg shells and teenaged guatemalan boys.
obviously, we were completely unprepared for this so once the initial shock wore off we decided we had better get the hell out of there, immediately. but once we were out and i started thinking clearly, i dragged my only slightly reluctant friend to the nearest shop to buy ammunition,
i walked in, covered in flour and with egg dripping out of my hair and said to the senor, do you sell eggs? he said no, we only have flour, and i was like, excellent, how much does it cost? give us two bags. then the senora walked out of the back of the store, took one look at me, and started to giggle. you wanted to buy eggs? she said to me and i looked at her and said yes please. so then she sold me six out of her own supply. so me and the boy went back, armed with three eggs and a bag of flour each and showed those little brats whats what. but soon enough we ran out of supplies and, since we were badly outnumbered, took off running as fast as we possibly could. after about two blocks we stopped to catch our breath and talk about how fucking unexpected and crazy and CARNAVAL that it was. but about 30 seconds later, dude looked behind him and said, OH SHIT! LOOK!
there was a HUGE pack of teenagers running down the street after us! so we took off sprinting again, ran all the way to the house, banged the door behind us, and fell down gasping and laughing and covered in eggs and mayonaise and flour and red sparkly powder.
it was the first time i've ever been egged or egged anyone... it was awesome.
there was fussball, video games, other amusement park style entertainments, kiddie rides and what not, pretty typical stuff for a fair in guatemala. and then we came upon a large group of teenagers, some covered in some powdery white stuff. they were blocking our way, so we were looking at them, sort of whats going on here? and then we decided maybe we should just turn around and head back for the ferris wheel. the second we turned our backs, the mayhem started. some boy cracked a raw egg on the top of my head and then all of a sudden it was a shitstorm of flour and egg shells and teenaged guatemalan boys.
obviously, we were completely unprepared for this so once the initial shock wore off we decided we had better get the hell out of there, immediately. but once we were out and i started thinking clearly, i dragged my only slightly reluctant friend to the nearest shop to buy ammunition,
i walked in, covered in flour and with egg dripping out of my hair and said to the senor, do you sell eggs? he said no, we only have flour, and i was like, excellent, how much does it cost? give us two bags. then the senora walked out of the back of the store, took one look at me, and started to giggle. you wanted to buy eggs? she said to me and i looked at her and said yes please. so then she sold me six out of her own supply. so me and the boy went back, armed with three eggs and a bag of flour each and showed those little brats whats what. but soon enough we ran out of supplies and, since we were badly outnumbered, took off running as fast as we possibly could. after about two blocks we stopped to catch our breath and talk about how fucking unexpected and crazy and CARNAVAL that it was. but about 30 seconds later, dude looked behind him and said, OH SHIT! LOOK!
there was a HUGE pack of teenagers running down the street after us! so we took off sprinting again, ran all the way to the house, banged the door behind us, and fell down gasping and laughing and covered in eggs and mayonaise and flour and red sparkly powder.
it was the first time i've ever been egged or egged anyone... it was awesome.