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Down MEXICO Way

by Ray Collins E-mail

When me 'n' Nicky (Nevada talk) lived in Mexico ('85-'89) we lived with the people, trying to avoid obnoxious Gringos and other Californians. The Mexican people have a wry sense of humor and love to sing, dance and laugh. No matter how down and out our friends were, they delighted in telling us they were rich -- they're right.

We went back to Mexico for a vacation in '94 -- I took a note pad and all eight of the following ideas came from that trip. This experiment in weekly continuity ran in four Nevada papers.

Mexicans sleep two hours and eat four meals during the day -- ready to rock at midnight.

Grease is used in the average, and above average, Mexican cuisine-- The amoeba like it.

Highways are a trip -- rows of snorting trucks force drivers to speed and pass on curves.

To be Politically Correct, ( before the Liberals faint ) a Mexican told me this joke.

Californians have officially replaced New Yorkers and Texans as "Ugly Americans".

I suffered internal combustion for 4 years -- the Doc kept saying, "This bug is not from here."

I found the Mexico series was too esoteric. Although Boulder City is approximately 300 miles from the Mexican border, 95% of the town's population have never been there. (One gentleman thought Mexico was in South America)

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