Happy Cinco de Mayo

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1. John Scalzi says:
   May 5, 2009 at 8:36 am

   Before anyone tries to helpfully clue me in, yes, in fact, I know what “Cinco de Mayo” translates as.
2. Jeff Hentosz says:
   May 5, 2009 at 9:04 am

   Yeah, everyone knows how to say “sink the mayonnaise” in Spanish. I’ve just never been convinced anyone knows what it means. {shrug} Idioms.
3. Jamie says:
   May 5, 2009 at 9:15 am

   Your wife has good taste in music.
4. Tom G says:
   May 5, 2009 at 9:18 am

   What Jamie said.
5. Deb Geisler says:
   May 5, 2009 at 9:20 am

   When I lived in Spain in the early 90s, someone in the U.S. asked, “Do they have cinco de Mayo in Spain?” I answered, because I *am* a wise-ass, “Yes. Also seis de Mayo, siete de Mayo, ocho de Mayo…”
6. dawn says:
   May 5, 2009 at 9:23 am

   Love Concrete Blonde. They seem so much more appropriate for Dia de Los Muertos, though. But it’s all good.
7. Alethea says:
   May 5, 2009 at 9:29 am

   Oh, for the halcyon, borderline-suicidal high school days of the closet Goth driving a green Saturn with the windows down and singing “Tomorrow Wendy” at the top of her lungs.

   Not that I would know anything about that.
8. Rob says:
   May 5, 2009 at 9:33 am

   Your wife has excellent taste in music, Concrete Blonde is one of the best bands ever recorded.

   If you can find a copy of WAR’s “Cinco De Mayo” it fits perfectly to this occasion.
9. Skip says:
   May 5, 2009 at 9:53 am

   Doesn’t everyone know what Cinco de Mayo is? It’s just another holiday celebrating a French military defeat. Surprising that this would merit a holiday, but I guess it does for some.
10. Tully says:
    May 5, 2009 at 10:05 am

    Well, the French did still have an Empire at the time. And ambition.
11. thomas says:
    May 5, 2009 at 10:26 am

    I did (honestly!) once hear a group of undergraduates discussing what day Cinco de Mayo was going to be.
12. rys says:
    May 5, 2009 at 10:57 am

    this reminds me — do we really know for certain who IS really buried in Grant’s tomb?
13. ntsc says:
    May 5, 2009 at 11:18 am

    @12

    Yes we do, his wife.
14. John Scalzi says:
    May 5, 2009 at 11:21 am

    No one’s buried in Grant’s tomb. They are entombed.
15. Michael B says:
    May 5, 2009 at 11:47 am

    @Scalzi – yup, though we would also have accepted “nobody, since it’s above ground”
16. James Swallow says:
    May 5, 2009 at 12:25 pm

    Woo! Concrete Blonde! *ahem* Your wife has great taste, clearly.

    By the way, did my buddy at the BBC call you about doing the JG Ballard obit?
17. John Scalzi says:
    May 5, 2009 at 12:45 pm

    James Swallow:

    Yes, he did, and I suggested someone else to him, as I was not qualified. Thanks for the suggestion, however.
18. alex says:
    May 5, 2009 at 2:01 pm

    I’m with Alethea @#7, ‘cept I’m in the Honda.
19. Alex ... #2 says:
    May 5, 2009 at 8:22 pm

    woooo! drinking before 9! Its nice to be an OSU student…

    this is great music btw
20. inkgrrl says:
    May 6, 2009 at 1:36 pm

    Another Concrete Blond fan? No way!! I thought I was the only one left. My all-time favorite band and nobody ever knows who I’m talking about.
21. Zonker says:
    May 7, 2009 at 6:39 pm

    Woot on the Concrete Blonde. Love that band, one of the best live shows I’ve seen. Check out Concrete Blonde y Los Illegals for some heavily Mexican-flavored rock.
22. Emily Jones says:
    May 6, 2010 at 11:07 am

    The phoenix suns also changed their uniform to Los Suns in support of the celebration of Cinco De Mayo “”

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