Re: Sinko de Mayo de Guillermo ... 
| May 07, 2015 11:54AM |
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Hike O'Maender Wrote:
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> Little known story: When the Titanic sailed
> on it's maiden voyage to New York it had a
> second stop {scheduled} at Vera Cruz Mexico.
> It had a cargo of Hellman's mayonnaise con-
> signed to Mexico {in the hold}. Of course
> the Titanic sank and never made it to Mexico.
> The tragedy is treated as a national day of
> mourning in Mexico known as Sinko de Mayo.
"That is an old, old joke", Bill -
A real Stinko de Mayo IMHO, in such poor taste that it warrants my relishing the idea of your being mustard out of the Loyal
Order of Geezers & Curmudgeons at the earliest possible opportunity. How about we catch up to you for appropriate pun-
ishment this coming Saturday, May 9th - NationalTrain Foamer Day? 
- Sincerely, Willie (Wm. Claude Johnson-Barr III, Esq.)
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Edited 4 time(s). Last edit at 05/07/2015 07:01PM by Johnson Barr.
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> Little known story: When the Titanic sailed
> on it's maiden voyage to New York it had a
> second stop {scheduled} at Vera Cruz Mexico.
> It had a cargo of Hellman's mayonnaise con-
> signed to Mexico {in the hold}. Of course
> the Titanic sank and never made it to Mexico.
> The tragedy is treated as a national day of
> mourning in Mexico known as Sinko de Mayo.
"That is an old, old joke", Bill -
A real Stinko de Mayo IMHO, in such poor taste that it warrants my relishing the idea of your being mustard out of the Loyal
Order of Geezers & Curmudgeons at the earliest possible opportunity. How about we catch up to you for appropriate pun-
ishment this coming Saturday, May 9th - National
- Sincerely, Willie (Wm. Claude Johnson-Barr III, Esq.)
"Not All Who Have Cell-Phones Do Twitter *
"Not All Those Who Ponder Can Think . . . "
* Only TWITS Twitter!
Edited 4 time(s). Last edit at 05/07/2015 07:01PM by Johnson Barr.
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