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What happened the first time your Colombiano/Colombiana saw snow?

Today saw the first snow fall in the UK this year (and it was quite pitiful I have to say, but still....).It bought back memories of my husband's first snow experience ( he is from Tumaco)- he put on his boots and ran out the back door and round the back garden. And that was all he had on - his boots! Today he just peered out the window and moaned as he had to go to work on his motorbike. What did you/your partners do? A bit like my first earthquake. I ran out of the school library I was working in in Ecuador and found I was the only one outside. Everyone else just carried on doing what they were doing!

By larumberainglesa on Jan 24, 2007, 05:08 in Friendly Talkzone. AddThis Social Bookmark Button


kalder says on Jan 24, 2007, 06:33:

When my Colombian stepdaughter saw snow for the first time...well, I have never seen a child's face so lit up with delighted wonder. She rushed out to make a snowman with my brother, but in the end just stood there transfixed, eyes ashine.

Her mother, on the other hand, just muttered 'Que frio' and went to turn up the central heating.

"kalder- have you ever had a woman?"--Sam Salmon

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vicshere says on Jan 24, 2007, 10:07:

heres a good one.....a couple of years ago I took my wife for a trip to Toronto....now being that it was the middle of June and of course there is no snow...she had here heart set on seeing snow....so to help her out I took her to the local park which has a hockey arena ....out back all year round there is a big ass pile of snow.....so I took here there and told here that it was the pile of snow left over from the winter that had not melted yet....she was in amazement of course....about 6 months later I told her the truth......hehehehe it was funny at the time

listo
"con mucho gusto"
Vic

listo

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big kugz says on Jan 24, 2007, 10:24:

She said "it's cold" and she was right!

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elmodefoque says on Jan 24, 2007, 10:29:

It was a hot bright day in curramba, circa early 60’s. A few days earlier my hair was cut off, all I had left was this little copete in front of my head. As usual I was sweating and continue to sweat all the way until that time we boarded that super continental propeller KLM flight to NYC via Curacao. Yes, I’m an old modefoque.
After a long extraneous flight we finally arrived over NYC, “damn, this doesn’t look anything like south curramba� I thought.
We could not land in JFK due to a record breaking March snow storm so our flight was diverted to Boston. The first time I saw that chit was in Boston after that I don’t remember it was too fokin long ago.

over 5 million colombianos in USA and only 27 barranquilleros, i'm one.Curramba, el mejor vividero del mundo!

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elmodefoque says on Jan 24, 2007, 11:03:

do you new guys wanna hear about the first time i saw a toilet?

over 5 million colombianos in USA and only 27 barranquilleros, i'm one.Curramba, el mejor vividero del mundo!

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Colombiano_81 says on Jan 24, 2007, 11:08:

yes tell us those experiences and exactly how working for afreakin union cleanin toilet bowls helps pay for all your pleasures...please i want to be an insider too in the fecal matter business

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kat1 (Moderator) says on Jan 24, 2007, 11:19:

I was walking home and suddenly this little white stuff started to fall from the sky, I looked up my coat and saw it was full of little white spot and not it was not dandruff!! so I look at the sky again and I could not quite gather what was going on because it was dark, suddenly the snow started to fall more and more and I thought it's snow, WOW, I smile run home and shout at my husband IT'S SNOWING!!! wooooooo hooooo

engage brain before opening mouth

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elmodefoque says on Jan 24, 2007, 11:40:

Colombian81, I’m glad you asked. I have great admiration for inquisitive people
Outside of the plumber, fireman, policemen and transit unions of NYC, the brotherhood of fecal disposal is one of the strongest UNION in this great metropolis known as New York “fokin� city. .
If we (my colleagues and I) all decide to walk off our jobs, over 10 million New Yorkers will be walking, smelling and sliding in their own chit.
Our Union meets with Bloomberg (NYC mayor) every year for contract talks. The Mayor. does not even read or reviews any of our demands; he blindly sings it cus he knows how important we are in keeping this city clean and flushing away.
We receive very handsome wages, plenty of vacation and sick days. A fantastic 401k and retirement plan and of course, medical and dental insurance.

over 5 million colombianos in USA and only 27 barranquilleros, i'm one.Curramba, el mejor vividero del mundo!

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esanch36 says on Jan 24, 2007, 11:53:

elmo what is the sickest thing you have ever seen in a toilet????

All right, I'll ask: How come it took three seconds to euthanize Eight Belles, but the Womens NBA is starting Year 12???

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elmodefoque says on Jan 24, 2007, 11:54:

Going back, if I may, to that most fascinating moment over NYC looking out the window of that barranquilla/jfk KLM flight, I was totally baffled and shocked not to see a single burro down there. Plenty of people, not one fokin burro. How did all those people get around, I wondered. What did they do about sex with out any burritas around, I wondered that too.

over 5 million colombianos in USA and only 27 barranquilleros, i'm one.Curramba, el mejor vividero del mundo!

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elmodefoque says on Jan 24, 2007, 12:09:

Esanch, not enough hours in our lifetime for me to sit and tell you about all the sick chit I’ve seen in my 30 year career cleaning toilets. For now I’ll just tell you what I saw first thing this morning.
I walked in all happy and chit ready to perform my duties and knowing that soon I’ll be between two young sweaty hookers in Barranquilla, drunk and high as a kite.
Well, I got a hell of a surprise on the south 6th floor men’s room, where I usually start off. The toilet in the far left, the handicap one, had chit splattered all over the walls, toilet and toilet seat.
I immediately summoned Jose, my Dominican assistant. "Mira lo que paso aqui, parece que un hp no aguanto el jopo y se cago toda esta vaina, perro malpario!! limpia tu esa mierda! I said
The modefoque who did this probably had the worst case of diarrhea I’ve ever seen, how the fok did the chit land on the walls too. The stuff was still wet and warm and mushy, so it most likely happened within the last 2 hours. Had to be one of the Jamaican guards.
I’ll get back to this story, got an emergency on the 8 Th floor.

over 5 million colombianos in USA and only 27 barranquilleros, i'm one.Curramba, el mejor vividero del mundo!

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kat1 (Moderator) says on Jan 24, 2007, 12:51:

:)
:)

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goin_south says on Jan 24, 2007, 14:55:

walk it off, Elmodefoq Walk it offff.
Well, maybe you should wipe it off;
Wipe de chit off ...
Walk off that job and they just get the next load of puerto ricans flying into jfk, to replace your old corroncho ass, or whatever it is you call yourself.

'what does it mean, when one of you (colombians) tell another: YOU WERE NOT/ARE NOT. 'COLOMBIAN ENOUGH'?? jejeje..a mixture, I think, of stupidity mixed with a false sense of arrogance.. How 'colombian' do you have to be? to be 'colombian enough

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famsearch says on Jan 24, 2007, 17:08:

the first time my wife saw snow, and since then... it was the best, we didn't get much in the way of total snowfall, but what we got were the huge (about 1.5-2") flakes. my wife just looked all around just like a little kid, and laughed a good one when she got one of those flakes between the eyes. since then, someone in my family has shown her how to make and throw snowballs, and she takes a great delight in throwing them at me! the other day we were coming home, and she threw a bunch of snow up to come down on my head, and when i looked at her, she looked around in all innocense, pointed up to one of the trees by the door, and said, squirrels. last sunday she was fitted out with one of my niece's hockey gear, and we're taking her pictures in full hockey gear, helmet, stick, and all, for the family back in colombia. to show how well she has adapted to minnesota. this saturday we're going to her second hockey game. funny thing is, our dad is trying to get her to learn how to ice skate... lol
dan

dan

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utopiacowboy says on Jan 24, 2007, 21:38:

They saw snow for the first time the other day in a very unusual (for us) winter storm. They went out and checked it out and then came back in because they were freezing their asses off. I grew up with snow and to tell you the truth I don't care if I ever see that crap again.

Disclaimer: any comment I make is inane and is not to be taken seriously, and is so patently ridiculous that no one should take it seriously, even as an insult.

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Robert Jorge says on Jan 25, 2007, 00:08:

My girl says she would like to see snow, but I have a feeling she wouldn't like it when she finds how freaking cold it has to be to make snow. (she is from the llano) I grew up in Indiana, so I am no stranger to snow, but I am proud to say I haven't seen that white crap since '97 when I moved to Florida.

Elmo, do you find women's restrooms are generally filthier than men's rooms? I am in retail, and being a manager, I am the guy that gets stuck cleaning the restrooms. The girl's room, in my experience, is ALWAYS dirtier than the guy's room. I have had to clean the shit on the walls also. My favorite is when I find used feminine hygene products stuck to the doors, wedged between the walls, or left in the sinks. Trash cans with urine in them are a treat also. Usually, the men's room just has a little bit of piss on the seat and floor. What is wierd, is when you find used tampons in the men's room. Actually, I really appreciated when a woman came and told me at the cash register, that the toilet was overflowing. I went into the restroom, and she had tried to flush a pair of panties. I came out after pulling that nasty shit out of the crapper, and she was gone. I was going to give her panties back to her.

--"I believe in making the world safe for our children. But not for our children's children, because I don't think that children should be having sex." - Jack Handy

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Desideria (Moderator) says on Jan 25, 2007, 00:25:

First comment on seeing snow "Where's my astronaut suit? Moonboots and oxygen tank?"

Cheers,
Desi

Few things are harder to put up with than the annoyance of a good example.
Mark Twain [Samuel Langhornne Clemens] (1835-1910)

"I have opinions of my own, strong opinions, but I don't always agree with them."-President George W. Bush

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