Apparently the Spaniards didn't bathe when they first came to the Americas. I was shocked to learn this fact in one of the recent excursions I went on during my study abroad in Mexico. Apparently the Maya, who usually bathed three times a day, agreed with me because the refused to go to an indoor Mass with those stinky Spaniards. Schockingly, the Spaniards thought the remedy for this was not to cool off in a stream before mass, but rather to build an open chapel. I guess it solved the problem, but to me the idea of not showering in a place that's 100 degrees is a bigger culture shock than finding out one of the other students found a cockroach in one of her tamales. Either way...Gross!
haha -- i LOVED your united post lol makes me feel like i was in the classroom again. jaren didn't think it was a very big deal and the guy had nothing against united, but we educated ppl in the chosen profession know better ;)
ReplyDeletethe cockroach thing reminds me of an old lady that used to make our family pecan pies. my dad always reminded us to look at the pecans before eating them b/c the lady was legally blind and could have easily mistaken a cockroach for a pecan. bad joke? maybe, but the lady's house was gross haha
I don't think I could be Mayan then. I'd have to take a shower or bath or wade in a stream. Glad you shower on occasion. As for the cockroach? They're really not that bad as long as you sterilize them and take off the hind legs so that they don't get stuck in your throat. :)
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