Happy Cinco de Mayo! Or, as I like to call it…

[UPDATE]: HeartbreakRidge from Twitter notes this:

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HAHAHAHAHA!

Happy Another Excuse To Drink Day!  I know, I know, any random Latinos reading this: it’s not that big a deal in Mexico.  Neither is St. Patrick’s Day in Ireland; but it’s all part of the Assimilation Tango.  You want cultural acceptance? Give Americans a holiday where we can go boozing, or at least eat well.  I expect that the next one is gonna be Juneteenth.  The calendar’s not too full (Father’s Day, and that’s about it) and June 19th is usually a fine time to fire up the grill.

Moe Lane

PS: Actually, a margarita doesn’t sound half bad.  Not that I’d be going on the road tonight under any circumstances.

6 thoughts on “Happy Cinco de Mayo! Or, as I like to call it…”

  1. I seem to recall reading somewhere Cinco de Mayo is bigger outside of Mexico than in it because Diaz pushed it through Mexican diplomatic missions in order to better glorify himself, and it stuck after he was overthrown.
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    I forget where I read that, though, and I haven’t been able to find it again, so I could be totally wrong.

  2. I went out and got some Mexican food tonight just to spite someone on twitter. I shall not elaborate further.

  3. Is Juneteenth a thing outside of Texas?

    Back in the dark ages when I was in high school, the manager of the fast food joint I worked at was letting all the African American guys off for Juneteenth, and I complained about it. So the manager let me go, but I had to promise to go to the parade. Which I did. When I was there I ran into a couple of guys I worked with, whose family proceeded to feed me. Fried chicken and watermelon…

    1. It’s definitely a thing in some parts of Baltimore — there’s a good-sized celebration at Druid Park Lake, for example. Can’t speak for anywhere else, though.

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