BS: Happy Cinco de Mayo

Subject: BS: Happy Cinqo de Mayo
From: GUEST,mike_in_st_c (at work)
Date: 05 May 07 - 10:09 AM

Please excuse any misspelling, I just wanted to wish all/everyone the best of the day!

Subject: RE: BS: Happy Cinqo de Mayo
From: GUEST,Peter Woodruff
Date: 05 May 07 - 10:12 AM

Mucho gratius mike.

Peter

Subject: RE: BS: Happy Cinqo de Mayo
From: GUEST,mike_in_st_c f(at work)
Date: 05 May 07 - 10:15 AM

de Nada!

Subject: RE: BS: Happy Cinqo de Mayo
From: Alice
Date: 05 May 07 - 10:32 AM

it is "Cinco de Mayo"

Subject: RE: BS: Happy Cinqo de Mayo
From: Mrrzy
Date: 05 May 07 - 10:33 AM

Felicidad a todos!

Subject: RE: BS: Happy Cinqo de Miracle Whip!
From: Severn
Date: 05 May 07 - 10:37 AM

The Mayo Clinic will be open extra hours all month with special rates for those would-be Mexicans-For-A-Day trying to see how low they can sink-o. All those beer company adds have made it their best payday in between St. Party's Day and Octoberfest! Chinese New Year only makes most people want to overeat..........Maybe it needs a corporate sponsor.

Subject: RE: BS: Happy Cinqo de Mayo
From: Q (Frank Staplin)
Date: 05 May 07 - 01:45 PM

May your cooler always be full of Dos X (Dos Equis).

Subject: RE: BS: Happy Cinqo de Mayo
From: Big Al Whittle
Date: 05 May 07 - 02:54 PM

some Texan friends sent me an e-mail with that
happy cinqo de mayo!

Is it a Texan thing?
Scuse my ignorance!

Subject: RE: BS: Happy Cinqo de Mayo
From: Alice
Date: 05 May 07 - 02:58 PM

weelittledrummer, it is a MEXICAN holiday, and it is "Cinco de Mayo", May 5th. Cinco means five and Mayo is the month of May. People in the US celebrate it as a reason to drink Mexican beer like Corona or Dos Equis and Margaritas and eat guacamole and tortilla chips. In other words, it is used for marketing products because it is a holiday like Saint Patrick's Day or Valentines Day....

Subject: RE: BS: Happy Cinqo de Mayo
From: Alice
Date: 05 May 07 - 03:08 PM

Cinco de Mayo is celebrated mostly in Puebla, Mexico (one of my favorite spots, a beautiful city of tile makers and potters if you ever get a chance to visit). Here is the history of cinco de Mayo Click here

Alice

Subject: RE: BS: Happy Cinqo de Mayo
From: Big Al Whittle
Date: 05 May 07 - 03:19 PM

Thankyou!

Subject: RE: BS: Happy Cinqo de Mayo
From: Q (Frank Staplin)
Date: 05 May 07 - 06:05 PM

For those who prefer more reliable information than is found in Wackipedia: http://clnet.ucla.edu/cinco.html
Cinco de Mayo

French troops were defeated at Batalla de Puebla by General Ignacio Zaragoza and 5000 Mestizo and Zapoted Indians (the British and Spanish had withdrawn but the French had stayed. Napoleon III installed Maximillian as Emperor of Mexico.

From Texas to New Mexico to California and in the barrios of major American cities, people of Mexican descent celebrate this day; a day of pride. It should be celebrated by all Americans; Napoleon had hopes of counteracting the Monroe Doctrine and American growth with a strong, European-controlled Mexico.

Subject: RE: BS: Happy Cinqo de Mayo
From: Q (Frank Staplin)
Date: 05 May 07 - 06:10 PM

Also discussed in thread 47227. Cinco de Mayo

Subject: RE: BS: Happy Cinqo de Mayo
From: Rapparee
Date: 05 May 07 - 09:36 PM

Y a Ud., tambien.

Subject: RE: BS: Happy Cinqo de Mayo
From: Liz the Squeak
Date: 05 May 07 - 09:41 PM

How is Valentine's Day a holiday? Do you all get the day off?

LTS

Subject: RE: BS: Happy Cinqo de Mayo
From: Alice
Date: 05 May 07 - 09:49 PM

Holidays in the US are not necessarily a day off from work.

Subject: RE: BS: Happy Cinqo de Mayo
From: Alice
Date: 05 May 07 - 09:59 PM

Here is an interesting page of holidays put together by the US embassy in Stockholm! Click here

Subject: RE: BS: Happy Cinqo de Mayo
From: Rapparee
Date: 05 May 07 - 10:29 PM

Sí, y las huéspedes cobardes deben ser las primeras el ir, especialmente los que antepasados no estaban en Norteamérica hace menos de 150 años.

Subject: RE: BS: Happy Cinqo de Mayo
From: katlaughing
Date: 05 May 07 - 11:38 PM

And it is pronounced "my-oh" not like the clinic.:-)

They had a big celebration downtown, today. We have lots of people of Mexican descent living here, have had since the early days before the US came into being. Our area, indeed most of Colorado, nowadays, is mostly bilingual, everywhere one goes.

Subject: RE: BS: Happy Cinqo de Mayo
From: Jerry Rasmussen
Date: 06 May 07 - 08:18 AM

I asked the bartender at a bar-restaurant where we eat, what the big deal was about Cinco de Mayo. He said most of the customers have no idea what the day is, but are happy to have another reason for getting drunk. They confuse it with lettuce de mayo.

Jerry

Subject: RE: BS: Happy Cinqo de Mayo
From: Rapparee
Date: 06 May 07 - 10:06 AM

Since someone nice has removed the nasty comment which preceeded my last post, you can ignore what I said.

Subject: RE: BS: Happy Cinqo de Mayo
From: Donuel
Date: 06 May 07 - 10:29 AM

happy venyo day

buddists have all in one celebration today - the birth - enlightenment and death of Budda are all celebrated today.

Great time of year for it too.

Subject: RE: BS: Happy Cinco de Mayo
From: Alice
Date: 06 May 07 - 10:39 AM

Can someone take that "q" out of the thread title in Cinco?

Subject: RE: BS: Happy Cinco de Mayo
From: Azizi
Date: 05 May 09 - 09:10 PM

Though the day's almost over, Feliz Cinco de Mayo!

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Here's a link to a YouTube instrumental music sound clip with a photo collage of Mexican scenes:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WRMT9JI7ppk&feature=related
¡¡¡Que viva México cabrones ( ♫ ) !!!

"Mexico's celebration; Mexican-American celebration, Cinco de Mayo"

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Here's a link to a YouTube video of a group young girls performing a traditional Mexican dance:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2kAYJXBGDJ4

Subject: RE: BS: Happy Cinco de Mayo
From: Riginslinger
Date: 05 May 09 - 09:32 PM

It would really be nice if all the Mexicans went back to Mexico to celebrate it!

Subject: RE: BS: Happy Cinco de Mayo
From: katlaughing
Date: 05 May 09 - 11:24 PM

What a stupid comment.

Azizi, thanks for the wonderful links!

Subject: RE: BS: Happy Cinco de Mayo
From: Uncle Phil
Date: 06 May 09 - 02:10 AM

What Rapaire said in May 07. We went to a lunch, with live music, sponsored by local Hispanic business folks. It was nice.
- Phil

Subject: RE: BS: Happy Cinco de Mayo
From: Azizi
Date: 06 May 09 - 01:37 PM

Riginslinger, not only is your comment stupid, it's also racist. And the only reason why I'm commenting about it is that I don't want any guests wondering why no member of this forum identified your comment for what it is.

Subject: RE: BS: Happy Cinco de Mayo
From: gnu
Date: 06 May 09 - 02:27 PM

Oh, I think a few did... kat first.

Now, back to the thread...

Most people don't know that back in 1912, Hellmann's mayonnaise was manufactured in England. In fact, the Titanic was carrying 12,000 jars of the condiment scheduled for delivery on May 5th in Vera Cruz, Mexico, which was to be the next port of call for the great ship after its stop in New York. This would have been the largest single shipment of mayonnaise ever delivered to Mexico. But as we know, the great ship did not make it to New York. The ship hit an iceberg and sank, and the cargo was forever lost.

The people of Mexico, who were crazy about mayonnaise and were eagerly awaiting its delivery, were disconsolate at the loss. Their anguish was so great that they declared a National Day of Mourning, which they still observe to this day.

The National Day of Mourning occurs each year on May 5th and is known, of course, as Sinko De Mayo.

Subject: RE: BS: Happy Cinco de Mayo
From: Riginslinger
Date: 06 May 09 - 09:35 PM

"Riginslinger, not only is your comment stupid, it's also racist."


                Actually, it's neither of those things.

Subject: RE: BS: Happy Cinco de Mayo
From: Azizi
Date: 09 May 09 - 10:01 AM

I just discovered this blog http://www.racialicious.com/ and want to share its post on Cinco De Mayo:

A FRIENDLY REMINDER ABOUT CINCO DE MAYO
By Special Correspondent Arturo R. García; 5/5/2009
http://www.racialicious.com/2009/05/05/a-friendly-reminder-about-cinco-de-mayo/#more-2420

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Here's an excerpt from that particular blog post (I found the entire article as well as the readers' comments to that post to be interesting reading).

1. This is not Mexican Independence Day
Nope, that's September 16th. 5/5 commemorates an unlikely Mexican victory over the French at the Battle of Puebla in 1862. The battle delayed, but did not stop, an eventual French occupation of the country, which lasted three years before it was toppled.

2. This is not that big of a deal back home
Don't let the beer ads fool you; 5/5 is a regional holiday, usually celebrated at the site of the battle. But, it's nowhere near as big a deal as it is in El Otro Lado. Now, is that because of immigrant pride, or American corporate opportunism? That, I leave for you to decide. During my time working in local Spanish-language radio, the biggest sponsors for our Cinco de Mayo concerts were — you guessed it — beer companies. Banners everywhere, beer girls hawking their wares on the stage, booze selling like hot cakes in the fenced-off drinking area. I don't doubt that at least some of the people who attended the events had their hearts in the right place, but the commercial aspect definitely got on my nerves when I thought about it.

3. 'Celebration' does not equal acceptance
Sure, people around the country will don their fakest sombreros and sing Ricky Martin at karaoke bars — because all Latinos are from Mexico, right? — but the furor over the H1N1 virus revealed examples of how we're still Others here, no matter the method of emigration..

Subject: RE: BS: Happy Cinco de Mayo
From: gnu
Date: 09 May 09 - 11:30 AM

Well, Rig, I suppose you are technically correct, but, if so, that may indicate that your grammar is technically incorrect.

I am sure you meant that it would be nice for the Mexicans themselves to be able to get back to their homeland and culture to be able to enjoy the day and also that some people interpreted your post in a manner you did not intend.

However, rather than speculate on the crux of your biscuit, I think I'll just walk away and leave you to your own specs.

See yas.... have fun.

Subject: RE: BS: Happy Cinco de Mayo
From: keberoxu
Date: 03 May 20 - 05:55 PM

Well, today is Tres de Mayo, actually,
and not a festive day as such.
But some of us need a day or two
to prepare.

Hope everyone has a happy, healthy one.

Subject: RE: BS: Happy Cinco de Mayo
From: keberoxu
Date: 04 May 20 - 07:15 PM

Cinco de Mayo 2020 is here! ... in some locations ...

Subject: RE: BS: Happy Cinco de Mayo
From: Mrrzy
Date: 05 May 20 - 10:06 AM

How is any comment including the phrase "all the [pick an ethnic group]" not racist? Or expressing the idea that It would be nice if they all went back to where they came from?

But happy day to all, wherever they live.

Subject: RE: BS: Happy Cinco de Mayo
From: Mrrzy
Date: 05 May 20 - 10:30 AM

I enjoyed this:

https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/05/americas/cinco-de-mayo-faq-trnd/index.html

Subject: RE: BS: Happy Cinco de Mayo
From: keberoxu
Date: 05 May 20 - 05:14 PM

It is reported that
Cinco de Mayo this year coincides with
Taco Tuesday.


... Taco Tuesday??