Holy Week (834 hits)
Category: HumorRating: 1.77 on 15 reviews (Rate this item) (V)
Submitted by jumpinjellyfish (View user info) at 2004-03-04 09:42:38 EST
I was in the Air Force and stationed in Spain from 1979 to 1985. It was undoubtedly one of the best times of my life. I got there as a 20 year old guy with a propensity for partying and a love of dark haired, dark eyed ladies. I was basically in heaven.
One night I was out bar hopping with a friend of mine...a black guy named Dave from Philadelphia. Dave, as a black guy was an anomaly in Spain. In fact, we often wondered why there were almost no blacks other than American military guys in Spain. That fact seemed odd to us because Africa is so close to Spain. What was the deal...were there no immigrants from any of those countries?
Anyway, we had been drinking rum and coke all night and we were very lit by 2:00 a.m. when we decided to walk to a plaza where we would be able to catch a cab back to the base. During our walk we heard the sound of drums being beaten at a very slow rhythm. We didn't know it at the time but the Holy Week (Easter) celebration was in full swing all over Spain. For those of you who don't know about this, Holy Week in many Catholic countries involves processions of the faithful, dressed in varied costumes, carrying relics or statues and beating drums at all hours of the day and night. Also, I have to point out that neither Dave nor I are Catholic and we were both young and not very "worldly" at the time this story took place.
Anyway...we rounded a corner and thought we had discovered the reason there were very few black immigrants to Spain. We didn't say a word to each other when we saw the scene below...we just turned around and started running like hell.
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Submitted by forensicgirl3 (user info) at 2005-10-06 17:16:25 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Clockwork Orange prize!
Submitted by c1ndy (user info) at 2005-06-25 07:44:56 EDT (#)
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No Comment
Submitted by joedaddy (user info) at 2005-06-25 07:11:07 EDT (#)
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So thats where that shit started.(picture)
I have a friend(hunting partner/past 15years)who flew the SR-71.(for a long time)
I'm quite sure you know, or know of him.
And in closing, someone below, needs a spanking.
Submitted by ardubs (user info) at 2005-03-09 16:17:41 EST (#)
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For the Klan.
Submitted by HZRD (user info) at 2005-03-09 16:06:49 EST (#)
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Submitted by AlwaysAnEagle (user info) at 2004-03-04 18:54:48 (#)
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I gotta wonder...how do they make the hats stand up like that?
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they all posess deformed inbred bigot heads
Submitted by urbaneruralite (user info) at 2005-03-09 15:49:19 EST (#)
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No Comment
Submitted by evilly_evil (user info) at 2004-03-11 17:06:46 EST (#)
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This was a boring piece of shit.
Submitted by Trout (user info) at 2004-03-04 19:06:50 EST (#)
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But he's blick
(lethal weapon 4)
Submitted by AlwaysAnEagle (user info) at 2004-03-04 18:54:48 EST (#)
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I gotta wonder...how do they make the hats stand up like that?
Submitted by youarsoghey (user info) at 2004-03-04 13:37:00 EST (#)
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Interesting to see weird things we think are insulting while other cultures think they are respectful.
Submitted by BLITZKREIG_BOB (user info) at 2004-03-04 10:24:37 EST (#)
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The rain in Spain falls mainly on the plain.
Submitted by Kracka (user info) at 2004-03-04 10:03:32 EST (#)
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i agree with your choice to run. i would have too
-Hump, the Blackest Ninja
Submitted by freebie (user info) at 2004-03-04 09:49:40 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
This made me laugh.
Submitted by JMG114 (user info) at 2004-03-04 09:48:15 EST (#)
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Sweet Jesus... that's altogether funny and frightening at the same time.
Submitted by squattail (user info) at 2004-03-04 09:47:05 EST (#)
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Isch don't think so
you are too old to be posting here anyway