Mexico -dos and don't

It's far too racist for that

or xenophobic or whatever

May as well get yr teeth did in between getting 60¢ 40s of Carta Blanca.

I'm British

Was Queen G not the best poster evar?

British...meaning? You don't need to? Or you really need to?

Meaning haha funny teeth but really I get it free when i go home. I don't have to worry, like an American would!

OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

You are living in a MAGIC LAND in other words.

sure ok

Do you speak-a the Spanish?

no

I know restaurant Spanish, some cuss words, how to ask for/offer a cigarette, basic shopping skills. I know that saying you know "un pequito" (paquito?) Espanol means people think you are fluent. And apperently that the shave-and-a-haircut door-knocking/honking style is for some reason super offensive. I also know I can't roll my r's and people can't tell if I'm saying "dog" or "but."

cuss!

cuss words!

lol!

do: buy prescription drugs
don't: go to a donkey show

Bah, no, their RX drugs are WICKED overpriced. I mean, stuff like Valium, where they will charge like $180 for 100 of them. (Whereas if you have an RX that would cost about $14 in the US.) Uh, no. Their birth control is only $4 tho, so stuff like that is a-okay.

Why does everyone think it's funny when I say "cuss words"? I have been mocked IRL SO many times for using that phrase.

i used to say that too, and also get mocked

How long would it take to drive from LOS ANGELES to GUADALAJARA?

From Nogales, AZ, it's 18 - 20 hours down the coast. If you want to go across Baja (south to San Diego, then Tijuana, then east to Nogales), you'll go through some stunning scenery, but it will add 4-5 hours of driving vs. cutting across I-10 to Phoenix then south to Nogales. So, however long you think it will take you to get to the Nogales area, plus 18-20 hours.

Thanks! I just want to get there as quickly and cheaply as possible. maybe I should fly? I enjoy the autonomy of driving. But I also knew someone who died on a Mexico road trip and this makes me irrationally paranoid about it!

Having driven the TJ to Mexicali route several times, I can understand the paranoia. I'd see about cheap flights to Mazatlán, then renting a car to drive to Guadalajara. If you drive your own car, get a rider on your insurance to cover Mexico.

hey abbs, where are you from? Cuss words is while considered a "dated" euphomism on the left and right coasts, it's really common and polite in the south. Don't let the mockers get ya.

*giggles and points at Abbot for saying "cuss words"*

what the fuck is wrong with saying "cuss words"

I had no idea that "cuss words" was so quaint.

are we supposed to say "swear words" or is this just some coke/soda/pop bullshit

nothing! that's my point. I am teasing and being facetious. Those who were mocking Abb and Carne Asada are silly snobby folk. It's a regional thing, I think. Personally I say "dirty words" which is mocked even moreso. I think the "vogue phrase" is "swear words".

just some coke/soda/pop bullshit OTM.

So you motherfuckers thought I was gonna change my style?

[ So what are you saying Todd? ]

To all you bitches, hoes, and all that shit
Here's another rap that I'm ready to spit
It goes like this, my name is $hort
I'm tearin shit up like never before
Pimp slaps, makin snaps
Cold cash money and Too $hort raps
Oakland, California that's where I'm from
The city where the boys say you don't want none
But if you do, I'm gonna tell you this
Trues and vogues ain't really shit
Wanna roll so hard, all of the time
You and that bitch playin Too $hort rhymes
If you aks me, what it's all about, I'll say it's about that money
But if you aks me, could you have some, I'll say it doesn't concern me
Ronald Reagan came up to me and said, "Do you have the answer
To the United States economy and a cure for cancer?"
I said, what are you doin in the White House if you're not sellin cocaine?
Ask your wife, Nancy Reagan, I know she'll spit that game.
Like one night, she came to my house, and gave me a blow job
She licked my dick, up and down, like it was corn on the cob
What is life? It is Too $hort
I play the bitches like it's a sport
Yea, I'll play the bitches just like y'all
Like Dr. J played basketball
You can call me Too, don't say it twice
You'll get me real mad and I'll fuck your wife
You see I'm not proper, I'm rarely polite
Too $hort, Too $hort, don't say it tonight, beeatch
It started on a bright morning in 1987
I was in my drop-to Caddy y'all
Gettin sucked by a bitch named Helen
Nasty bitches, around the world, I wrote this rhyme for you
You might not like my rap, but I'm tellin you bitch it's true
So much death in the Oakland streets
Am I gonna live till next week?
Will I get shot by a dope fiend,
Tryin to get high, tryin to steal my ring
I really can't say, cause I don't know why
People out here droppin dead like flies
I used to see a home boy givin five
Now I say, "Man, you still alive?"
Cold as hell, the town I'm from
Won't last too long when you're fakin the funk
I'm the master rapper, so unique
Clap my hand when I want my freak
You can't deny it, you know I'm right
I turn any rapper out when I'm on the mic
And I won't kick back, or relax
Till he knows I'm the best at the MC rap
Till he knows Too Short, set the track
They got him caught up in my serious cap
Motherfucker can't spit straight game on the mic
Cause he's worse than a fag or a Frisco dike
He's a sucker MC, I call him punk
You try to spit that rap, you can scratch that junk
You little punk-ass boy, wouldn't listen to me
Think I'm fakin but I'm takin all you sucker MC's
To the end of the world and push you over
Good luck couldn't find you in a four leaf clover
If I ever said a rap, tryin to cap on you,
I wouldn't even sweat it cause you'll be through
Lookin so far up, you might fall down
Gettin clowned by the hound from east Oaktown
And the look in your face when you're lickin that tooth
Could make a grown man die, laughin at you
Cause you're a, no rappin, no rhymin
Played out fake ass simple simon
I never understood one word you said
But you're swearin up and down that you're killin em dead
There's only one thing, I wanted to know
Sucker motherfucker, where's the joke?
I'm the player of players, just call me Pop
My name is Too $hort, no I don't stop
I just don't stop mackin, don't stop cappin
Don't stop rappin now you see what happens
Your mind is gone, your crew just cut
Sucker MC I'll tell you what
Your rhymes are weak, your rap the same
And when it comes to game, you are lame
Never even heard of Too $hort baby
Hit Oakland in 1980
Singin mo raps than a rap could rhyme
Tellin sucker MC's don't waste my time
There's a girl I know her name is Betty
Straight to the head just rock it steady
She's so freaky she'll juice you up
All the home boys just can't get enough
She's a Ph.D., don't even stop
In the back like that goin (top, top, top)
I won't say white girl, won't say she's black
She's the kind of girl that make your knees go crack
Feel the beat, rock with me
Let me tell you what I be
I'm a MC rapper, a MC rapper
A big bank roller and a cold, cold capper
Hey baby, I got this rhyme
It's not gonna stop till the end of time
Like rock and roll I'll play that song
To the beat all day and all night long
So liten up, to what I'm sayin
I'm a Oaktown mack, bitch I ain't playin
To all the home boys doin time in the pen
Gonna rock this beat for you once again
If you can't get out and you're mad as hell
Say beeatch, now make it sound for real
I'ma tear shit up, if I get the chance
I could give a fuck less if you're hole don't dance
See I'm a big mack now, I'm so great
I was born and raised in the Golden State
Call me T.O.O., if you say $hort
I'ma rap my ass off till you give me some more
Big bank, now just make me rich
Bitch bitch bitch bitch make me rich
Check out my style, baby I don't quit
I heard this freak say, "That's the shit,
He took the cake, fucked the rake
Too $hort baby damn sure ain't fake."
But the sucker MC's are screamin loud
Sayin Sir Too $hort, shut your mouth
How can you talk about me, and call me weak
When your father smokes coke and you mother's a freak
So I keep on rappin, if nothin else
Keep your jealous thoughts to yourself
Bitch and Bitch, he's a MC right
Ain't sayin nothin but he's holdin the mic
Fuck with me, and boy you're doomed
I send a trick with a hoe to the motel room
Cause I'm the coldest MC on a microphone
Like a .357 pointed at your dome
I got cap for cap, you never heard
So fresh again with cusswords
Motherfuckin shit, fuckin with me
Fuck a skank bitch and a sucker MC
Cusswords, just let em know
Motherfuckin shit, god damn ass hoe
Cusswords, just don't quit
Motherfuck you damn shithead bitch
It's Too $hort, on the mic, and it don't stop
and it don't stop, and it won't stop, beeatch
Check out my style

cranky old cuss

NO let us not get pulled into an overdone isogloss pit!

To get into is to never get out of...

isogloss?

I am not snobby

isogloss!

Now that's quaint.

ok, my bad for geraliszing about snobby. I get snobby and know it so don't think before calling others out on being what I think is snobby. But do you mock the term "cuss words"? Just curious...but
back your trip admrl - road travel is often dangerous. I had a harrowing experience and won't try it again. Will fly. In a seperate episode from mine, my best friend was with 4 others driving and they were all killed by a wild drunk driver. *shudders*

cuss words just sounds very American and funny, as I'm sure "polystyrene" sounds to you

thanks

exactly! regional lexicon. "on holiday" vs. "on vacation" I am mocked mercileslly for saying on holiday (UK roots).

oooh isogloss. great word! Love new words.

do you really say polystyrene instead of plastic?

instead of styrofoam

oh, duh, shows my command or lack thereof the English language. So here's a o/t question that you may know the answer to! I heard that the only way to get rid of styrofoam is to put acetone on it. For real?

I have no idea

oh well worth a shot. So are you gonna fly? I hope so. And, don't worry about the language thing. Many of the people speak English, particularly in the bigger cities.

flying looks expensive. I'm not sure

It's about 1200 miles from Nogales to Guadalajara. There's only one gas company in Mexico, Pemex, and it's owned by the Mexican government. Gas runs about double the US price per gallon. Not sure how that will stack up vs. flying.

May as well get yr teeth did in between getting 60¢ 40s of Carta Blanca.

-- Abbott, Thursday, August 21, 2008 7:12 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Link

I was just in Mexico City and Oaxaca a couple of weeks ago, and the 40s are a buck now. And fuck Carta Blanca. That shit is swill. If you're down there get some Indio or Victoria, or better yet, Cucapa.

try here :<a href="http://www.orbitz.com/App/PerformSDLPDealsContent?deal_id=guadalajara&cnt=TRA&gcid=S11287x431&keyword=flights+to+guadalajara&source=sr&type=k&WT.mc_id=e124&WT.mc_ev=click&WT.srch=1&DCSext.mc_kw=flights+to+guadalajara";>Orbitz</a>

damn my HTML!

My question: Do or don't go at all? I started planning for my first trip there for September to meet my Mexican family (in Puebla, Puebla) but then the swine flu happened. The CDC is apparently recommending against traveling there. I would hope that by September this would be wrapped up. Sigh.

man i don't know... myself and three others have a San Miguel trip planned in exactly three weeks. we've been on the fence about cancelling. my friend's friend who owns the house we're renting for the week told us that it hasn't really been a problem in their area. I just don't want to crap out and get detained in some Guanajuato clinic because a gate agent heard me clear my throat and wouldn't let me on the plane back to the States.

gonna pack some xtra purell, i guess...

Here's the link to the Mexico City thread (that I had missed before, doh!) with good, detailed Aldo comments on it:

Mexico City

re music in Mexico City...I am not seeing any upcoming gigs there right now by my faves Julieta Venegas or Cafe Tacuba.

Here's a link for the corny but good Folkloric Ballet company that includes mariachi musicians and dancers and more whom wife and I did see at the Palacio de Belle Artes (they perform here regularly)

https://www.balletfolkloricodemexico.com.mx/presentaciones-ballet-de-mexico-amalia-hernandez/

I read about these Mexico City clubs but uh, never made it to any of them:

La Maraka salsa merengue dance club

Mama Rumba

Mojito Room

Multiforo Alicia - indie

Pasaguero - indie

do: have a blast :)

Near the Mexico City Airport I noticed the Discos Colombia record store but I didn’t have time to go there. It’s on this list from a little while back
http://remezcla.com/lists/music/10-mexico-city-record-stores/

thanks curmudgeon! very helpful. i plan to have 1 or ideally >1 blast :)

going to Tulum (and parts nearby) next wednesday for a week! very excited!

We enjoyed our recent time in Tulum. The beach time was nice despite the seaweed issue there ( lots floating to shore). The Mayan ruins are a must to see and going to cenotes is also fun. We enjoyed a tour of the Sian Kaan Biosphere area where via boat we saw manatees and crocodiles and birds. There we also got to float down a tributary propelled by the current. Dinner at Cetli Restaurant was impressive—fancy Mexican in a casual but nicely designed restaurant ( out on a highway and not with the trendy places on the coastal road.

The Mayan ruins at Coba aren't that far from Tulum. worth seeing as well. Chichen Itza is 2 1/2 hours from Tulum (we didn't end up going there but i want to someday)

Tulum food rec: Pollo Bronco, on the main strip in town. So good.

Can you still climb Coba? You could when I was there but then 10 years is a long time ago.