Posted on 03/31/2006 9:56:33 AM PST by Digital Disaster
March 31, 2006
Los Angeles, California
This week Scooter and I were glad to lend our support to the immigrant community in their protest against proposed hateful neo-con legislation. My good friend Pepe invited Scooter and me to march with these poor people who are only seeking jobs and the opportunity to contribute to our society. Wherever you find social injustice, we're there.
We all met up at Pepe's house and prepared for the march by sampling several gigantic joints of tasty herb. He must of have had a couple hundred pounds of the stuff in the garage and it was extremely moist and delicious. Afterward, Pepe took us by his uncle's restaurant and we pigged out on chimichangas and Coronas till we were almost ready to spew. We headed off to the march, eager to show the "man" that he can't abuse the rights of the underclass, nor reduce the ranks of the Democratic voting bloc.
Arriving downtown, we parked the car and joined the thousands of people in the streets. Scooter had made us signs that said, "Republicanos El Sucko." Also, in order to meet a personal need, he cleverly wrote on the back of his sign, "Yard man wanted" with a crude drawing of a stick figure pushing a lawn mower underneath, in case nobody understood English. This ended up being a stroke of genius, as he ended up not only hiring several yard guys who could also do cement block work and painting, but also a real pretty massage girl/driver/car washer, and an elderly-but-spry maid/cook/house cleaner/dog groomer, all for only one dollar an hour each! Now that's value!
All in all, the protest was a great success, as every white person we saw appeared to be terrified. Outside of Scooter being robbed at knife-point, we had a lot of fun and met many new friends. Even though none of them spoke English, we still enjoyed their company, not to mention a fair amount of the freshest weed we've ever smoked. The only downside of the whole thing was someone stole the wheels and radio from Scooter's car, and we had to take the bus home, but other than that, it was a great day.
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freggin hysterical!
I was in the grocery store last night, and I noticed the debit/credit card reader. The screen had two initial options:
English (Inglese)
Spanish (Espanol)
Is it just me, or does anyone else see the idiotic redundancy:
Why would someone who speaks "Espanol" need the word "Spanish" to tell them what espanol means?
And if I don't know the spanish word for "Spanish", what are the chances I'll choose to conduct my transaction in "Espanol"?
And if I don't speak English, how is "Inglese" supposed to help me?
I pointed this out to the register clerk. She replied, "Your total is 18.97."
In Inglese, thank goodness.
yes....you make a good point....ci (or is it si??)
Now that's funny
I don't care who you are
I never noticed the option of choosing another language on these card readers until a month ago. It took a few seconds for the reality to sink in as to why I couldn't read the screen; I was so pissed off I made the cashier change the machine back to English and I'm going to do this each and every time it occurs!
It's a small thing, I know, but at the very least the machines should be set to automatically revert back to English! Actually, my true feeling is there shouldn't be an option provided.
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