CINCO DE MAYO

Happy Cinco de Mayo to you! Being fluent in broken Spanish or ‘Espanish’ l thought I’d get a jump on the greeting. Contrary to popular belief, it is not Independence Day in Mexico, but a celebration of a battle in a little place in Mexico called: Puebla. It commemorates the victory of the Mexicans over the French way back in 1862. Dia de la Batalla de Puebla. Ole’!

Now you must be wondering why I mention this in DelBloggolo, the Blogue of the down trodden and unmarried men too. Americans go around wishing everyone: “Happy Cinco de Mayo” like a bunch of dummies, without any knowledge of what it means. The holiday is generally celebrated with a cinco de Tequila, to help move it along, and since Espanish is quickly becoming the first language of the U.S., I figure why not capitalize on the Mexican holidays and get those days off too, for the workers of the U.S. After all, you now have to wait through a phone call that starts: “Push one for English or Para Espanol prensa dos!”

You might wonder what led to the Cinco de Mayo; well I’m here to tell you it was the quarto de Mayo that did it. However, there are other days we could use also for days off, since we are adopting our Mexican brothers and sisters anyway.

Benny Suarez

March 21: Natalicio de Benito Juárez, Benny Suarez, as I like to call him, did a lot of running around as interim then full-time president of Mexico, who resisted the French occupation of Mexico, an event the Mexicans are grateful for, since they didn’t like the pastries.

Frankie Madera

November 20: Dia de la Revolucion, commemorates the start of the Mexican Revolution by Francisco I. Madera in 1910. Frank was tired of the status quo, and decided to kick some ass. Americans should be cautious if celebrating this day by NOT bending over for anything, since the traditionalist Mexicans still are kicking ass. They then laugh out loud and say: “HAHAHA Gringo!” Roughly translated: “OOPs!”

December 1: Transmisión del Poder Ejecutivo Federal, Every six years, when a new President is sworn in office, it is considered a change of the Federal government. Here is a handy holiday to have in one’s back pocket, it can be used as a floating holiday or sick day! Of course we would still have the same inept Federal Government, but at least this holiday would remind illegal aliens that they sneaked across the border, and now that they are here, they may want to sneak back. Next observance: December 1, 2012.

I hope this clears up the concept of Cinco de Mayo, and has added fuel to your desires for more holidays that you can shop on and have no real connection to the meaning of.

Soon: A discussion about illegal Canadians and their holidays. Hasta luego.