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Big Flounder 05-09-2010 09:33 PM
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Originally Posted by B-Stealth (Post 150201)
Soooooo I was @ a resturant in Marskville Thurs, and the Indian waitress was asking me if I was going to celebrate Cinco De Mayo..:spineyes:

I told her yes, because its an American tradition to celebrate a Mexican holiday.

I thought the whole deal was a little ironic, but hell we will throw a party for anyting. :brew:
Marksville???? Man were you lost?

FF_T_Warren 05-09-2010 11:14 PM
anyone else heard of this? I heard cinco de mayo in the US was introduced by corona to sell more beer. just like hallmark with mothers day/fathers day/ and the like. I assume its a real holiday in mexico but here it was publicized by corona

BMTAngler 05-10-2010 01:19 AM
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Originally Posted by FF_T_Warren (Post 150258)
anyone else heard of this? I heard cinco de mayo in the US was introduced by corona to sell more beer. just like hallmark with mothers day/fathers day/ and the like. I assume its a real holiday in mexico but here it was publicized by corona
Lol havent heard that, who told you?

FF_T_Warren 05-10-2010 01:59 PM
my girlfriend's dad told me that. He isn't really one to tell stories. But who knows his source may have had bad info

FF_T_Warren 05-10-2010 02:03 PM
decided to look it up and heres what I found. seems like it is just a ploy by the beer companies
http://hnn.us/articles/126189.html

BMTAngler 05-10-2010 07:11 PM
Didnt know if yall saw this or not but these kids got kicked out of school for wearing American flag clothing on this cinco de mayo
http://www.newsnet14.com/2010/05/06/...cinco-de-mayo/

longsidelandry 05-10-2010 07:52 PM
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Originally Posted by BMTAngler (Post 150622)
Didnt know if yall saw this or not but these kids got kicked out of school for wearing American flag clothing on this cinco de mayo
http://www.newsnet14.com/2010/05/06/...cinco-de-mayo/
Yea I think somebody had posted that. It's a sad sad day in America when you get sent home from school because you wore an American flag shirt to school...:pissed:

BMTAngler 05-10-2010 08:03 PM
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Originally Posted by longsidelandry (Post 150650)
Yea I think somebody had posted that. It's a sad sad day in America when you get sent home from school because you wore an American flag shirt to school...:pissed:
There was a video of the boys, in the video the news crew quoted one of the Mexican-American girls saying some dumb crap about how Cinco De Mayo is about Mexico's Independence.....what and ****ing idiot lol

ROOSTER 05-14-2010 02:28 PM
Cinco de Mayo only comes once a year,but Honky (or river rats)day is everyday.:cool:

flyphisher 05-14-2010 03:37 PM
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Originally Posted by "W" (Post 149216)
Cinco de Mayo?
It was an obscure holiday that no one in Mexico celebrated until Corona Beer used it as an ad campaign to sell more beer. It worked.


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