"Today's barking dogs, tomorrow's tasty tacos."
Eventually everyone in the neighborhood signed a letter asking the owners to do something about the dogs. Something was done, but I don't know what. I hope that they are keeping the dogs inside the house now, or that the dogs went to live with someone who lives in a less sensitive neighborhood. I´m assuming that the dogs really didn´t end up in someone´s tacos.
I was reminded of the tasty tacos the other day when Carlos, Stu's physical therapist, came to work on Stu's back. Carlos has been coming to our house several times a week for some time. Carlos is very fond of Squeakers, our cat.
Squeakers is fat and lazy. No doubt about it. Carlos describes Squeakers as consentido (spoiled), gordo (fat), and mimodo (spoiled). I don't know which of the words for spoiled is stronger, or whether there's any difference at all between them. Carlos uses them both. Except for the last time Carlos was here, when he added a new adjective to his description of the cat. Sabroso (tasty). YIKES!
Carlos likes to joke around, and since he only speaks Spanish I have to pay close attention in order to understand. But sometimes his joking is a little disconcerting. On the way out the door yesterday Carlos elaborated on the sabroso theme, telling me that gato barbacoa (barbecued cat) is especially sabroso. YIKES DOBLE!
That does it. Squeakers is going on a diet.
3 comments:
I am glad you got to keep Squeakers. He's fat like Coco was. I doubt they eat cats in Mexico. You're so cute mama.
I doubt it too chica. I think mostly Carlos likes to joke.
Love you,
Mama
YIKES DOBLE indeed! But I love a language that has multiple words for anything, let alone the indulgent word of spoiled. Squeakers is really a cutie. He should meet Pukani here, the Hawaiian cat that landed in Oakland and has engaged selected neighbors as his chosen locale. Happily, here at Fairbanks we are among the chosen.
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