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agrd
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Mordida!
This came to me late one night (not, fortunately, that I've had any actual experience with the subject). Feel free to add verses.
Mordida! (to the tune of "Maria" from "West Side Story")
Mordida! I just paid a bribe called mordida,
And suddenly I know
Corruption in Cabo
Is real!
[more verses here]
Mordida! Say it loud and it sounds like braying.
Say it soft while the cop is sashaying.
Mordida! I'll never stop paying
Mordida!
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DENNIS
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Clever......... 
Thanks.
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deportes
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Corruption in Mexico is real and is not going away any time soon.
It is a way of life, I don't like it but I paid mordida many times while living 4 years in Mexico City in the 70's, I looked at it as a way of helping
the street cop that was way underpaid and had to make a living somehow to support his family.
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DianaT
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| Quote: | Originally posted by agrd
This came to me late one night (not, fortunately, that I've had any actual experience with the subject). Feel free to add verses.
Mordida! (to the tune of "Maria" from "West Side Story")
Mordida! I just paid a bribe called mordida,
And suddenly I know
Corruption in Cabo
Is real!
[more verses here]
Mordida! Say it loud and it sounds like braying.
Say it soft while the cop is sashaying.
Mordida! I'll never stop paying
Mordida! |
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dirtbikr
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Mood: start slow....then taper off!
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I would rather pay mordida than have my insurance rates go up, I wish cops accepted them here!
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Barry A.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by dirtbikr
I would rather pay mordida than have my insurance rates go up, I wish cops accepted them here! |
You will have to explain that one to me------Insurance vs Mordida??????? apples and oranges, to me.
In 55 years of travel in Mexico I have NEVER paid any "mordida" and wouldn't-------EVER!!!! Those that do appear to me to be part of the problem.
And yes, it that makes me "holier than thou", so be it.
Barry
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dirtbikr
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What I meant was if I have broken the traffic laws and I have in the past, in that situation I would rather pay a small mordida and make the problem
go away there and then, for me the amount has been usually forty bucks or less. Yes, going to the station you pay less but I just want to get on
with it and try and find a taco and a cerveza.
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DENNIS
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When things get dull around here, there's nothing like a fiery Mordida thread to heat things up.
It's been a while since we solved the Illegal Immigration dilemma. Not much said about that for a long time. Even the crime issue has quieted down
here.
Does all this silence mean things are improving, or are we just getting tired of repeating ourselves?
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DianaT
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| Quote: | Originally posted by DENNIS
Does all this silence mean things are improving, or are we just getting tired of repeating ourselves? |
That will never happen!
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Barry A.
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Dennis-------the latter, not the former. It DOES get tiring!!!!
Dirtbikr---------thanks for your explanation-----that now makes sense to me. But I still don't understand how your citation-status in Mexico is going
to effect your insurance in the USA??? Are they that sophisticated in Mexico now??? (for sure they are in the USA, but in Mexico????)
-----and are you talking about Mexican Insurance, or USA insurance?
Barry
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capt. mike
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one and only time.
La PAz airport trying to file out.
1992.
wanted a BS fee cash saying there was something not "right" about my visa.
told him no.
sat in his office 30 minutes staring at each other.
he got bored and said ok, you can go.
problem solved.
bunch of BS.
i ain't paying vice.
formerly Ordained in Rev. Ewing\'s Church by Mail - busted on tax fraud.......
Now joined L. Ron Hoover\'s church of Appliantology
\"Remember there is a big difference between kneeling down and bending over....\"
www.facebook.com/michael.l.goering |
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Hook
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Barry A.
| Quote: | Originally posted by dirtbikr
I would rather pay mordida than have my insurance rates go up, I wish cops accepted them here! |
You will have to explain that one to me------Insurance vs Mordida??????? apples and oranges, to me.
In 55 years of travel in Mexico I have NEVER paid any "mordida" and wouldn't-------EVER!!!! Those that do appear to me to be part of the problem.
And yes, it that makes me "holier than thou", so be it.
Barry |
Dont you mean you never paid mordida, when you USED to go to Mexico? You're still using present tense.
When was the last time you were in Mexico, Barry?
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Barry A.
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Hook---------Actually about 8 months ago I was in Mexicali for dinner, but your point is well taken------last extensive trip "south" was about 5 years
ago.
Not sure how that effects my points on mordida, however!?!?!?!
Barry
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J.P.
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Depends on the situation, would rather pay a small amount and avoid the trip to the station. Several times I have paid and demanded something in
return. like a police escort through Tj. when I was downtown and lost.
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Bajatripper
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Barry A.
Dennis-------the latter, not the former. It DOES get tiring!!!!
Dirtbikr---------thanks for your explanation-----that now makes sense to me. But I still don't understand how your citation-status in Mexico is going
to effect your insurance in the USA??? Are they that sophisticated in Mexico now??? (for sure they are in the USA, but in Mexico????)
-----and are you talking about Mexican Insurance, or USA insurance?
Barry |
If I might be so presumptuous, what Dirtbikr meant in his first post was that he wishes that cops in the US took mordidas so his US insurance rates
wouldn't be affected. Correct me if I'm wrong, Dirtbikr.
There most certainly is but one side to every story: the TRUTH. Variations of it are nothing but lies.
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Barry A.
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Tripper--------I was afraid that might be the case, and that left me with an intrepidating feeling, for sure. I HOPED that he did not mean that.
All we need is more "corruption" in this Country. 
Barry
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dirtbikr
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correct, thank you.
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Hook
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Barry, did you ever display your badge or refer to the fact that you were engaged in law enforcement in the States, when dealing with authorities down
here?
Once upon a time, I could claim I had never paid a mordida in about 40 years of traveling in Mexico.
Then I moved here...............
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Barry A.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Hook
Barry, did you ever display your badge or refer to the fact that you were engaged in law enforcement in the States, when dealing with authorities down
here?
Once upon a time, I could claim I had never paid a mordida in about 40 years of traveling in Mexico.
Then I moved here............... |
NEVER, Hook, never!!! The main reason is that I always believed it would get me in more trouble than it would save me from. I never even took my
credentials to Mexico. The Policia were not known to be too friendly to USA Law Enforcement, back then. But, to be totally honest, I seldom in all
those years ran into a situation where "mordida" even came up-------maybe 5 to 7 times. I was always very careful in my driving, and was seldom
pulled over in all that time, and never for actually breaking the law. The times I was pulled over were obviously shake-downs, and I simply and
loudly refused to cooperate even tho it caused some holdups in my time schedule. I was never taken to the station, even tho I offered to do
that-------they always just let me go about my business, eventually.
Barry
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Bajatripper
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Barry A.
| Quote: | Originally posted by Hook
Barry, did you ever display your badge or refer to the fact that you were engaged in law enforcement in the States, when dealing with authorities down
here?
Once upon a time, I could claim I had never paid a mordida in about 40 years of traveling in Mexico.
Then I moved here............... |
NEVER, Hook, never!!! The main reason is that I always believed it would get me in more trouble than it would save me from. I never even took my
credentials to Mexico. The Policia were not known to be too friendly to USA Law Enforcement, back then. But, to be totally honest, I seldom in all
those years ran into a situation where "mordida" even came up-------maybe 5 to 7 times. I was always very careful in my driving, and was seldom
pulled over in all that time, and never for actually breaking the law. The times I was pulled over were obviously shake-downs, and I simply and
loudly refused to cooperate even tho it caused some holdups in my time schedule. I was never taken to the station, even tho I offered to do
that-------they always just let me go about my business, eventually.
Barry |
Barry
As you acknowledge, corruption is out there. BUT, in my pay scale, it's way out of my league to participate in its benefits. If we instituted the
mordida system in the US, then I, too, could participate instead of paying San Diego County $406 for making an illegal right turn on red coming down
into San Isidro. That was one expensive gas stop.
There most certainly is but one side to every story: the TRUTH. Variations of it are nothing but lies.
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