[FONT=times new roman, new york, times, serif]PUERTO RICO. . . lo hace mejor! We are a mix of the best of every race. We are LATIN, and yet AMERICANS We are not only bilingual but we can speak 'Spanglish' We can't care less what other people think of us. Our women are the most beautiful in the world, (5 have already been Miss Universe) Mofongo (that's all I have to say) In PR, any road will take you to a beach..... or a pub. We are the only 'territory' of another country with our own Olympic teams. We do everything under the sun... because we CAN! We don't need to take vacations to be in a tropical paradise. In PR everything is really close. I can call you sir ('USTED'), and insult you in the same sentence. Our Spanish is completely different than any other Spanish speaking country. We all have cool nicknames. (Pucho, Tito, Cuca la Loca!!) We have the best athletes in the world. We make some of the best coffee of the world. WE CAN DANCE!!!!!!!!! They come from around the world to hire our engineers and scientists. We are the country with the most roads by square mile (and there is still traffic). We have the longest swimming pool in the world (Cerromar) La 'Calle del Cristo' (San Juan P.R.) was the first road of 'The New World ' to be paved. We are the major RUM manufacturer of the world. 86% of the rum drink in the U.S. is from Puerto Rico. We have more female engineers than any other country. (and you still call us machistas?) We know how to party, without absurd curfew laws. Our legal drinking age is 18. The bats for the Movie Batman Forever were filmed in Las Cuevas de Camuy, P.R. We kicked the DREAM TEAM's ass Salsa music was the fastest growing genre in the last 20 years. Four Puerto Ricans received the Congress Medal of Honor EurI­pides Rubio, Carlos Lozada, Hector Santiago y Fernando Luis Ledesma Garci­a. Only 4 baseball players have 2 Home Runs in the same Inning; 3 of them are Puerto Ricans (Roberto Clemente, Roberto Alomar and Carlos Baerga) Tito Trinidad never went to the Olympics but defeated 4 gold medal champions. A Puerto Rican, Nellie Toledo, designed the 1984 Camaro Berlinetta. We were the 5th country in THE WORLD to have a radio station. (before Washington D.C. ) Junior Cordero (Puerto Rican) won the Kentucky Derby 3 times. There is only 7 fluorescent lagoons in the world; we have 4 of them. Giovanni Hidalgo is considered the best percussionist in THE WORLD. Jose Feliciano is in the top 3 guitar players in THE WORLD (and don't forget he is blind). The Discovery 500; Solar car designed by the Mayaguez College won 41 awards en Sunrayace , Iowa in 1993. We established the first lottery system in the New World . NOT TO BAD FOR A 100 X 35MILE ISLAND….. [/FONT]
On the topic of the thread, I don't really see why people made such a big fuss about it. On other topics, I wonder if anyone is ignoring me?
I love how the hard liquor is targeted at them and encourages them to invade us. We need to flush these criminals all the way back to Tijuana.
Yeah, try getting a real job speaking Spanglish. Perhaps you'd like to axe the interviewer a question?
