[NJARC] Today's date

[Thomas Lee]

As I heard it, this was the day the mexicans drove the stinky french out of 
their country hence its called stinko de mayo :)




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nice try.

--- john ruccolo <jr6v6gt at yahoo.com> wrote:

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 > Most people don't know that back in 1912, Hellmann's
 > mayonnaise was manufactured in England. In fact, the
 > Titanic was carrying 12,000 jars of the condiment
 > scheduled for delivery in Vera Cruz, Mexico, which
 > was
 > to be the next port of call for the great ship after
 > its stop in New York.
 >
 > This would have been the largest single shipment of
 > mayonnaise ever delivered to Mexico. But as we know,
 > the great ship did not make it to New York. The ship
 > hit an iceberg and sank, and the cargo was forever
 > lost.
 >
 > The people of Mexico, who were crazy about
 > mayonnaise,
 > and were eagerly awaiting its delivery, were
 > disconsolate at the loss. Their anguish was so
 > great,
 > that they declared a National Day of Mourning, which
 > they still observe to this day.
 >
 > The National Day of Mourning occurs each year on May
 > 5th and is known, of course, as Sinko de Mayo.
 >
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"War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things; the decayed and 
degraded state of moral and patriotic feelings that thinks nothing is worth 
war is much worse. A man who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, 
nothing he cares about more than his own personal safety, is a miserable 
creature who has no chance of being free, unless made and kept so by the 
exertions of better men than himself." John Stuart Mill, 'The Contest in 
America', Feb. 1862


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