One day
there showed up in our house a little book called Folk Wisdom of Mexico:
Proverbios y dichos Mexicanos, collected by Jeff Sellers. We read a few aloud and within minutes Matt
and Dan started on a riff of invented dichos. We found my stepfather’s favorite one, Menos
burros, mas elotes, and Dan immediately topped it with Menos Sanchos,
mas Quixotes. Various proverbs about
the troubles of the rich and the consolations of the poor, as well as a rise in the silliness quotient, evoked Matt’s La
tortilla es la toalla de los pobres.
Saturday, October 13, 2012
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