Pescador
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Mulege Pig Races
I guess this is an zenith kind of moment. We get to follow the "Pig Calling Contest". Hopefully they can tell the difference between our music and
the finest of Pig Calling. SSSSUUUUUUEEEEE!
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Our Pigs would be charmed. but I think transportation is going to be a challenge 
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Well those are darn piglets Marc, our pigs won't make the wieght 
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They would love a Challenge from Asuncion, the pigs here are carefully breeded and genetically selected from a very special process. There are not
just plain piglets, bear in mind. And guess what, the winner automatically turns into Carnitas.
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Quote: Originally posted by Pescador  | | They would love a Challenge from Asuncion, the pigs here are carefully breeded and genetically selected from a very special process. There are not
just plain piglets, bear in mind. And guess what, the winner automatically turns into Carnitas. |
ya mean he gets invited to dinner?
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Its CANCHA, not CONCHA, (concha is a shell)
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GO MAXWELL!!!!!
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Reminds me of my mother counting my toes:
This little piggy went to market,
This little piggy stayed home,
This little piggy had tacos,
This little piggy had non, and
This little piggy cried wee, wee, wee all the way to the bano.
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Thank you for the head's-up, Pescador. The annual pig race is always a fun event...and a great fund-raiser for the Rotary Club, which does so much
good work in the Mulege area.
Here's a couple old photos of the first pig race held at the Serinadad in 1987.
The 1987 winner. Whereabouts today is in the Cold Case files. 
And again in 2011 at the basketball court near the downtown square. Great times and if you're lucky enough to pick the winner, you're lucky enough.
[Edited on 1-29-2015 by Pompano]
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I wonder, at the races, if all the contestants are insured by M-GEICO?
I don't have a BUCKET LIST, but I do have a F***- IT LIST a mile long!
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| Quote: Originally posted by Pompano |
......The 1987 winner. Whereabouts today is in the Cold Case files.
...........And again in 2011. Great times and if you're lucky enough to pick the winner, you're lucky enough. |
...What!?....you've still got the '87 winner in your freezer!!?? 
...brings new meaning to...''you may already be a wiener''
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Where?
Being a Mulege newbie, perhaps you can tell me which Cancha. Google gives me a choice of six. Thanks.
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It is right in the center of town, just south of the town squaret.
We look forward to seeing you there. Gates open at 11:00, races start at 12:00 and great music to follow - it is an all around good time!
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I have heard it both ways. Concha meaning shell, like a band shell or stage area. Further south, it is generally referred to as a concha like a
court. In our area, I have heard it called both ways by the locals.
In San Bruno, where I live, we have a cancha where they play basketball, but we also have a concha attached where the bands play music.
So either way, come to the basketball court south of the main plaza, or just follow the massive crowds.
[Edited on 1-30-2015 by Pescador]
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| Quote: Originally posted by Pescador |
I have heard it both ways. Concha meaning shell, like a band shell or stage area. Further south, it is generally referred to as a concha like a
court. In our area, I have heard it called both ways by the locals.
In San Bruno, where I live, we have a cancha where they play basketball, but we also have a concha attached where the bands play music.
So either way, come to the basketball court south of the main plaza, or just follow the massive crowds.
[Edited on 1-30-2015 by Pescador] |
You say Potateoh, I say Pawtoto
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This is one thread that truly defines ROFLMAO....for me anyways....
Everbody\'s preachin\' at me that we all wanna git to heaven, trouble is, nobody wants to die to git there.-BB King
Reality is what does not go away when you stop believing in it. -Philip K Dick
Nothing is worse than active ignorance. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe(1749-1832, German writer, artist and politician)
When choosing between two evils, I always like to try the one I\'ve never tried before. - Mae West
Experience is what keeps a man who makes the same mistake twice from admitting it the third time around.
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Well, everything is ready, the pigs have been selected and chosen, they even wired up the concha or Concho for music and the big event of the year is
ready to unfold. You really do not want to miss this event. They have T-shirts, they have special breed racing pigs at the ready, and we have
actually tuned up our guitars.
If you have noticed what looked like a goat herder running the trails west of Mulege, it was actually the pig herder who has been training the Racing
Pigs to make the fast break. Endurance is a little less important so they have been working on the fast start.
I have some great ideas about which pig to buy for the races and am willing to disclose what I might know about favored pigs (for the right price of
course).
Hope to see you all there.
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