@roger,
As an individual thing it’s fine. But among a certain section of the gringos, it’s like a uniform. Like wearing Mickey Mouse ears at Disneyland.
Like anyplace, after awhile you can pick out the different cliques. This is the clique where the husband made a lot of money, the wife never worked but spends his money on clothes, cosmetic surgery and making him wear a Panama hat while they walk around looking for more stuff to spend money on. They mostly hang out in Centro. You never see them at the grocery or hardware stores. They’re kinda like Stepford People.
Heh. On my last visit my friend and I were driving through Centro and I saw inside a kitchen store this juice press I knew Wally would use. I jumped out of car and friend drove around block. Damn. It cost like 25% what day t would in the States (and he uses it all the time).
While waiting to complete the transaction this woman said she wanted to ask my opinion about some fork she was contemplating. I said something like “oh. Yeah. That’s nice” she starts asking me something like “would you consider this a salad fork or a dessert fork?”
Um. I guess either?
“ Because I’m having a gathering tomorrow night and “my Guadelupe” is preparing a special fruit tart (going on to name all the fruits) and I’m not sure if this would work.”
Uh. I’m sure it would be fine.
“Because, you see, I don’t know if the times are the correct size. Don’t salad forks have different tones?”
By now I had gotten my change, so I told her i’m sure her guests would work out how to get the pie off the fork and into their mouths.
As I walked away she was saying “Welllll. I just don’t know.”
I’m 99% sure her husband was somewhere wearing a Panama hat.
