NormanKliman -> RE: cortes in some hot soup! (Apr. 28 2010 9:34:32)
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Mark, thanks for setting the story straight! I think something similar happened to Canales in the US around that time or shortly afterward. Ron, sounds like the classroom scene in The Meaning of Life with the system of bells and coathooks, depending on the day of the week. Is there really a tendency to overcomplicate things in the UK? Ricardo, you made a friend there, eh? Not without some patience on your part, I imagine. Okay, another story, only I can't say that this happened to me: When Rafael Romero "El Gallina" was doing military service in Madrid his job was to drive a truck around the city picking up supplies. There obviously wasn't much traffic back then, but even so, at every intersection he would stop the truck, get out and look in both directions before going on. That kills me![:D] The story comes from Gamboa's biography of Perico del Lunar and, as long as we're on the subject of mistrust, here's another one that I noticed: Perico (padre) ended up working in the kitchen during his military service. That was a pretty smart move, given the hunger that the rest of Spain was having to deal with. Apparently he took every opportunity to test the food before it was served, and when his superiors said that he was testing too much, Perico responded, "Señores, and what if it's poisoned?" Food for thought! [:D]
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