HAPPY DAY OF THE DEAD

Mexico City has 20 million people. I think 10 million were in the main square today for the Day of the Dead Celebrations. Everyone has to eat some Day of the Dead Bread which they form to look like a pile of bones. It's really tasty, loaded with butter and covered in sugar. The first pictures shows ovens they set up in the square to bake Pan de Dia de los Muertos. Of course they sell it all over town from street corner puestos to the Wal-Mart.

There were tons of scenes set up with skeletons taking the place of people. Some on a bus, some baking bread, street scenes. My favorite was the professional wrestling. Do you think this guy has a death grip on his opponent?

Where's the ref, this guy shouldn't be jumping out of the ring should he?




So here's the perfect opportunity for me to tell my favorite wrestling joke. Johnny, a kid who had never won a match was going up against the undefeated phenomonen. The entire state was talking about the mysterious wrestling hold he had perfected, THE PRETZEL. No one ever gets out of THE PRETZEL. So the coach watches Johnny fall into THE PRETZEL hold and figures that's it. But suddenly Johnny exhibits super human strength and bursts out of the hold and pins the undefeated champion. The coach gets Johnny back to the locker room and asks how the hell he got out of that hold. "Well coach, there I was in THE PRETZEL and I figure I'm done for. But right in front of my face I see testicles -- so I bite 'em. Damn, it's amazing what you can do when you bite your own testicles." Sorry folks.


Here's some cuties. Look behind the little devil, you'll see the wall of skulls. It's in the exact location where the Aztecs had their real wall of skulls from their sacrifices. The third cutie is Alex from my Spanish Class. She's from Singapore, cool, huh? Don't get your hopes up you guys who are still hoping I'll bring home a nice girl. Her husband David (also a cutie) is just outside the picture. She's standing next to murals they make with the bread.







Now here's a warning. The next picture is really scary. If you are at all squeamish, don't scroll down. MEDICAL WARNING!! IF YOU HAVE A WEAK HEART, PLEASE LEAVE THE BLOG NOW. I'm not sure what kind of mentality could have come up with such a monster as this, but here it is for posterity. Scroll down if you dare.










PLEASE TAKE A DEEP BREATH -- PREPARE YOURSELF!!













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