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MitchMan
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spearo.. Here, here!
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sanquintinsince73
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Spearo
If you can fix a broken leaf spring on a boat trailer with strips of old innertube and some kite string you are a Mexican.
If you can catch a 30# yellowtail on a handline you are a Mexican
If you can file a new woodruff key out of scrap metal and fix the shaft of your 1972 Evinrude 40 horse, you are a Mexican |
30 lb. yellow on handline.....sound's like "Baitcast".
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vgabndo
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In Baja I have said for years: En mi corazon soy un parte Mexicano. I believe it.
My piece...If jumper cables have ever played prominently at a family wedding..........
Hey Ken...does this prove anything?
[Edited on 2-9-2012 by vgabndo]
Undoubtedly, there are people who cannot afford to give the anchor of sanity even the slightest tug. Sam Harris
"The situation is far too dire for pessimism."
Bill Kauth
Carl Sagan said, "We are a way for the cosmos to know itself."
PEACE, LOVE AND FISH TACOS
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Skipjack Joe
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It proves that your boat trailer wasn't baja-ready.
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vgabndo
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It had been ready to take the boat from the house to the beach for ten years, I credit Julio for weakening the tongue!!
Undoubtedly, there are people who cannot afford to give the anchor of sanity even the slightest tug. Sam Harris
"The situation is far too dire for pessimism."
Bill Kauth
Carl Sagan said, "We are a way for the cosmos to know itself."
PEACE, LOVE AND FISH TACOS
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angels4
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| Quote: | Originally posted by BajaBlanca
if you call hotdogs WEENIES you are a Mexican !! oh did I get a kick outta that one .... |
Wow! I have been a very confused kid all my life!  I thought Weenies was the
real name! But one very famous telling sign you are a "Messican" is if your grandmother used the Mole Dona Maria container as its fine glassware and
the butter plastic container as the Mexican-Tupperware.
And let us not forget about the good ol' eternal mom saying "Ay Dios mio, que hice para merecer un hijo/a como tu??" (Oh God what did I do to get a
son/daughter like you??) 
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sanquintinsince73
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| Quote: | Originally posted by angels4
| Quote: | Originally posted by BajaBlanca
if you call hotdogs WEENIES you are a Mexican !! oh did I get a kick outta that one .... |
Wow! I have been a very confused kid all my life! I thought Weenies was the
real name! But one very famous telling sign you are a "Messican" is if your grandmother used the Mole Dona Maria container as its fine glassware and
the butter plastic container as the Mexican-Tupperware.
And let us not forget about the good ol' eternal mom saying "Ay Dios mio, que hice para merecer un hijo/a como tu??" (Oh God what did I do to get a
son/daughter like you??) |
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wessongroup
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| Quote: | Originally posted by toneart
I am sensing a great collective sigh of relief, as though a dark cloud has been lifted. Nomads are playing again. Levity prevails. You are
demonstrating the love, the joy and the humor you have for Mexican Culture, just as we gringos have characteristics that they make fun of. It is not
racist nor is it demeaning. It is endearing.  |
Ditto's... the wife still uses them and keep every plastic bag she get's at the market... uses them for all kinds of things.. trash can liners..
And don't even get me started on tupperware... think it was designed to develop new life forms.... as that is what one can find ... when cleaning out
the refrigerator ... WOW.. what ya can find ...
Thanks 73 for a great thread ... glad we can still laugh at our selves just a little ... still .... 
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sanquintinsince73
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I just remembered one that I've seen in Baja and in my old stomping grounds in E.L.A., car's with a broken rear tail light and instead of replacing it
they put red transparent tape over it.
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Martyman
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You guys funny!
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MitchMan
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If you 'need' to carry jumper cables in your trunk, you might be a Mexican. If you don't know that towing a car behind your own with a rope is illegal
in Los Angeles, you might be a Mexican. If you don't replace a failed brake light bulb until a cop stops you, you might be a Mexican. If you refer
to cherry flavored kool-aid as "red Kool-aid", you might be a Mexican. If wearing clean pressed khaki pants, spit shined French Toe shoes, duck tail
hair, and a Pendleton or Sir Guy wool shirt was "dressing up" to you when you were a teenager, you might be an ex-cholo. If you owned a 49 Chevy with
a metal-flaked paint job, spinners, chi chi balls, tuck n'roll upholstery, truck sized steering wheel, raked or dagoed, stick shift with 3 on the
column with some road bounce, and you knew guys by the name of 'Chuy' or 'Veto' and didn't know anybody by the name of Kevin, Bryan, or Tyler, you
were definitely a cholo.
[Edited on 2-10-2012 by MitchMan]
[Edited on 2-10-2012 by MitchMan]
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DENNIS
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| Quote: | Originally posted by MitchMan
If you don't know that towing a car behind your own with a rope is illegal in Los Angeles, you might be a Mexican. |
Ain't profiling fun? Good ones Mitch.
By the way.........that rope towing thing is illegal here too. 
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sanquintinsince73
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| Quote: | Originally posted by MitchMan
If you 'need' to carry jumper cables in your trunk, you might be a Mexican. If you don't know that towing a car behind your own with a rope is illegal
in Los Angeles, you might be a Mexican. If you don't replace a failed brake light bulb until a cop stops you, you might be a Mexican. If you refer
to cherry flavored kool-aid as "red Kool-aid", you might be a Mexican. If wearing clean pressed khaki pants, spit shined French Toe shoes, duck tail
hair, and a Pendleton or Sir Guy wool shirt was "dressing up" to you when you were a teenager, you might be an ex-cholo. If you owned a 49 Chevy with
a metal-flaked paint job, spinners, chi chi balls, tuck n'roll upholstery, truck sized steering wheel, raked or dagoed, stick shift with 3 on the
column with some road bounce, and you knew guys by the name of 'Chuy' or 'Veto' and didn't know anybody by the name of Kevin, Bryan, or Tyler, you
were definitely a cholo.
[Edited on 2-10-2012 by MitchMan]
[Edited on 2-10-2012 by MitchMan] |
Did you live down the street from me when I was kid or something?
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JoeJustJoe
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There may be a place for stereotype racial jokes like in the comedy club down by a proud Latino comedian.
I myself like a good ethic joke now and them, and know how to get down in the mud and tell racial jokes. Nothing cracks me up more than a good Polish
or Jewish joke.
In my opinion these types of negative stereotypes Mexican or ethic chain email type jokes should have no place in the open forum where the majority of
members are white, and they're making fun of Mexicans with negative stereotype that are thought of to occur in the Mexican barrios.
Now I would give the jokes a pass if Sanquintinsince was a proud Chicano and was just telling jokes about the Homeboys, and the things he fondly
remembers growing up in East Los Angeles, but Sanquintinsince barely acknowledges his proud ancestral heritage, and instead calls himself a proud
American.
So I'll treat Sanquintinsince like I would any other gringo telling racial jokes about Mexicans. It like a white guy telling racial jokes about
blacks. It just doesn't go over very well, however Blacks telling racial jokes about other blacks can be funny.
Racial stereotyping is really damaging to Mexicans, and Latinos everywhere, espeically when we have Americans actually believing those racial
stereotypes include "ALL" Mexicans.
When you start a thread like this. It usually slides down a slippery slope of Mexican bashing. Thank God this thread remained relatively tame.
If anything a thread like this and the bolillo thread belong in the "OT" section.
I included an "how to tell if you are white"joke topic in the "OT" area. Just imagine if I did one on Jews? Could you just imagine the "outrage?" I
don't get it. Why can people make fun of Mexicans and Muslims, but Jews are a protected group of people, and we really don't see too much of "white
jokes" either.
[Edited on 2-10-2012 by JoeJustJoe]
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MitchMan
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Joe, as usual, you make very, very valid points. I hope that my posts haven't offended, as I intend no mean spirited offense. The real test of being
offensive, however, is whether or not anyone is actually offended.
If anyone has been offended by my posts in this thread I sincerely and earnestly apologize.
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DENNIS
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| Quote: | Originally posted by MitchMan
If anyone has been offended by my posts in this thread I sincerely and earnestly apologize. |
Yeah??? Well...I'm offended. Don't have a clue as to why, but I just feel like spending a couple of hours being offended.
Thank you for offending me. Very thoughtful of you. 
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sancho
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Where is Carlos Mencia when
we need him , opps, he is Honduran
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sanquintinsince73
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| Quote: | Originally posted by MitchMan
Joe, as usual, you make very, very valid points. I hope that my posts haven't offended, as I intend no mean spirited offense. The real test of being
offensive, however, is whether or not anyone is actually offended.
If anyone has been offended by my posts in this thread I sincerely and earnestly apologize. |
MitchMan, you have in no way offended me or any other "Chicano" who's read this post.
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sanquintinsince73
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| Quote: | Originally posted by JoeJustJoe
There may be a place for stereotype racial jokes like in the comedy club down by a proud Latino comedian.
I myself like a good ethic joke now and them, and know how to get down in the mud and tell racial jokes. Nothing cracks me up more than a good Polish
or Jewish joke.
In my opinion these types of negative stereotypes Mexican or ethic chain email type jokes should have no place in the open forum where the majority of
members are white, and they're making fun of Mexicans with negative stereotype that are thought of to occur in the Mexican barrios.
Now I would give the jokes a pass if Sanquintinsince was a proud Chicano and was just telling jokes about the Homeboys, and the things he fondly
remembers growing up in East Los Angeles, but Sanquintinsince barely acknowledges his proud ancestral heritage, and instead calls himself a proud
American.
So I'll treat Sanquintinsince like I would any other gringo telling racial jokes about Mexicans. It like a white guy telling racial jokes about
blacks. It just doesn't go over very well, however Blacks telling racial jokes about other blacks can be funny.
Racial stereotyping is really damaging to Mexicans, and Latinos everywhere, espeically when we have Americans actually believing those racial
stereotypes include "ALL" Mexicans.
When you start a thread like this. It usually slides down a slippery slope of Mexican bashing. Thank God this thread remained relatively tame.
If anything a thread like this and the bolillo thread belong in the "OT" section.
I included an "how to tell if you are white"joke topic in the "OT" area. Just imagine if I did one on Jews? Could you just imagine the "outrage?" I
don't get it. Why can people make fun of Mexicans and Muslims, but Jews are a protected group of people, and we really don't see too much of "white
jokes" either.
[Edited on 2-10-2012 by JoeJustJoe] |
C'mon JJJ lighten up. I believe that it is human nature to poke fun at oneself. Now if this thread were posted in a KKK site then I would consider the
source and probably conclude that the posters are racists. Now as far as Jews being a "protected" group of people, I just don't see it. God forbid
anyone anywhere even whisper a joke about Muslims because you're labeled a "Islamaphobic".
By the way, why don't Mexicans barbecue? Because the beans fall thru the grill.
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JoeJustJoe
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| Quote: | Originally posted by MitchMan
Joe, as usual, you make very, very valid points. I hope that my posts haven't offended, as I intend no mean spirited offense. The real test of being
offensive, however, is whether or not anyone is actually offended.
If anyone has been offended by my posts in this thread I sincerely and earnestly apologize. |
Nice post Mitch, and really I was just making a point these types of threads tend to degenerate into the gutter.
If I have a bone to pick with anyone. I would have a bone to pick with Sanquintinsince who should know better, but he doesn't.
I just love it when guys say, c'mon lighten up, you're being too PC. ( That's code word for let me be racist)
Of course when I make fun of these guys, and their racial heritage back. They get all hot and bothered.
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