tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29491806.post1306755078586619958..comments2023-06-26T19:27:15.534-07:00Comments on some folks: Guatemala #8: On the bus and offDavid Reesehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15269632412061084158noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29491806.post-16735223545264380912007-07-02T09:07:00.000-07:002007-07-02T09:07:00.000-07:00It's all in the context...They're on the bus...not...It's all in the context...<BR/><BR/>They're on the bus...not having much luck squeezing between two rows of people, no bread in sight...<BR/><BR/>you decide:)Bethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03512731397204130826noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29491806.post-50147562865786345992007-06-26T13:53:00.000-07:002007-06-26T13:53:00.000-07:00I do indeed have a hard time imagining a context i...I do indeed have a hard time imagining a context in which "¡Mañana eche margarina por favor!" Means "Let's put margarine on ourselves tomorrow!"... were they talking pieces of bread? It literally means "Put margarine on tomorrow", but not "on ourselves"...Danhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02441312210795801831noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29491806.post-2302064461568225632007-06-22T15:27:00.000-07:002007-06-22T15:27:00.000-07:00This is unrelated to buses or other kinds of trans...This is unrelated to buses or other kinds of transportation, but I wanted to share that I had a dream last night that Rachael and Beth and David were all back in Oberlin, and so a bunch of people decided to go to IHOP. So we all went to IHOP, but when we got there, they were really full, and only had one small table for all of us. So we all tried to squish together around the table, which kept on getting smaller, but more people kept on coming, and somehow we managed to fit everyone at the table, with always room for one more. Perhaps we had slathered ourselves up with margarine. But not syrup, that would have made us sticky. Anyway, I was reminded of the Friday lunches at Wilder (and also, apparently, buses in Guatemala/Nicaragua!) and it made me really happy when I woke up this morning. I miss you all!cbroadwehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04442681863543041573noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29491806.post-56138886016857889572007-06-21T14:09:00.000-07:002007-06-21T14:09:00.000-07:00hurray for a continued thread of transportation re...hurray for a continued thread of transportation related discourse.<BR/><BR/>I was instantly sure of the context of the margarine quote, havnig experienced nicaragua's buses.<BR/><BR/>Folks on the bus will generally help you out, too- a bunch of folks on Rachael's bus helped her thwart a boot thief a couple weeks ago. I suppose this is partially true in Chicago, too... generally folks around will help you figure out where you're trying to go, and only some of them will be drunk.David Reesehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15269632412061084158noreply@blogger.com