# Ask The Mexican Guy! **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [April 12, 2002, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-mexican-guy/103168 "2002-04-12T03:45:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![elmwood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmwood/32/3060_2.png) [@elmwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elmwood)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2002, 8:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-mexican-guy/103168/21 "2002-04-14T08:04:45Z")
Okay, so what’s the deal with the **huge** Nike “swoosh” stickers I see in vehicle back windows? No, not all Mexican-Americans have the “swoosh,” of course, but every vehicle I’ve seen with a swoosh was driven by someone of Mexican descent. Also … can you tell the folks in charge that many of us Anglos would like to have an English SAP channel on Univision affiliates. We’d really like to know what they’re saying on _Sabado de Los Pechos Grande._ Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![KarlGrenze](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/dbc845/32.png) [@KarlGrenze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGrenze)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2002, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-mexican-guy/103168/22 "2002-04-14T13:04:41Z")
Some programs in Telemundo say that they offer English dubbing in “close caption 3”. I don’t know which TV has “close caption 3”, since all the ones that I have seen have at most “close caption 2”. ---
**Author:** ![Hugh\_Jass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/4da419/32.png) [@Hugh\_Jass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hugh_Jass)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2002, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-mexican-guy/103168/23 "2002-04-14T18:42:17Z")
Can anyone recommend some good mariachi CDs? I’ve lived in Texas for 4 years, and have had a few opportunities to hear it. I’d like to be able to get some sort of “Greatest Hits” or broad selection of the genre. ---
**Author:** ![xicanorex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/a88e57/32.png) [@xicanorex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xicanorex)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2002, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-mexican-guy/103168/24 "2002-04-15T16:05:40Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Hugh Jass \* > \*\*Can anyone recommend some good mariachi CDs? I’ve lived in Texas for 4 years, and have had a few opportunities to hear it. I’d like to be able to get some sort of “Greatest Hits” or broad selection of the genre. \*\* On top of my head, I can’t give you one “Greatest Hits” of Mariachi since for a long while Vicente Fernandez dominated that category. Still, try a great a “Greatest Hits” of Vicente Fernernandez, Javier Solis, Jose Alfredo Jimenez, or Pedro Fernandez. Begin with those. XicanoreX ---
**Author:** ![xicanorex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/a88e57/32.png) [@xicanorex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xicanorex)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2002, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-mexican-guy/103168/25 "2002-04-15T16:15:07Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by elmwood \* > \*\*Okay, so what’s the deal with the **huge** Nike “swoosh” stickers I see in vehicle back windows? No, not all Mexican-Americans have the “swoosh,” of course, but every vehicle I’ve seen with a swoosh was driven by someone of Mexican descent. > > Also … can you tell the folks in charge that many of us Anglos would like to have an English SAP channel on Univision affiliates. We’d really like to know what they’re saying on _Sabado de Los Pechos Grande._ Thanks! \*\* 1. Nike is a symbol of $$$/capitalism/sports in the US. So o o o, there it is . . 2. Sure. 😃 XicanoreX ---
**Author:** ![Legomancer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/779978/32.png) [@Legomancer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Legomancer)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2002, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-mexican-guy/103168/26 "2002-04-15T16:30:40Z")
Recently Cartoon Network decided to stop showing Speedy Gonzales cartoons because they are offensive to Mexicans. However, it turns out that a large number of Mexicans LIKE the character, seeing him as a positive representation of a Mexican (and one of the few such cases of this). Any thoughts on this? ---
**Author:** ![EVO95](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/df705f/32.png) [@EVO95](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EVO95)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2002, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-mexican-guy/103168/27 "2002-04-15T16:50:13Z")
Can you hook me up with Sofia Vergara? ---
**Author:** ![Anamorphic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/anamorphic/32/3057_2.png) [@Anamorphic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anamorphic)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2002, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-mexican-guy/103168/28 "2002-04-15T16:56:04Z")
Hi Martinez! Research for a screenplay here. What’s the equivalent of the MCATs (Medical College Admission Test) in Mexico? Or do they take the MCATs as well? ---
**Author:** ![xicanorex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/a88e57/32.png) [@xicanorex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xicanorex)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2002, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-mexican-guy/103168/29 "2002-04-15T17:00:32Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Legomancer \* > \*\*Recently Cartoon Network decided to stop showing Speedy Gonzales cartoons because they are offensive to Mexicans. However, it turns out that a large number of Mexicans LIKE the character, seeing him as a positive representation of a Mexican (and one of the few such cases of this). Any thoughts on this? \*\* Well, Mexican’s have a hate-love relationship with "Speedy’ Gonzalez. On one sense, he is not THAT offensive and he IS a hero in the cartoons. Still, since he is drawn as a mouse and yelping away “yepa, yepa, yepa!” it’s an image by knuckleheaded racists use against Mexicans. So o o o, in short, I won’t lose sleep about Speedy Gonzalez not being around. XicanoreX ---
**Author:** ![xicanorex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/a88e57/32.png) [@xicanorex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xicanorex)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2002, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-mexican-guy/103168/30 "2002-04-15T17:07:54Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by EVO95 \* > \*\*Can you hook me up with Sofia Vergara? \*\* Sorry, I wish could . .but . .she is Columbian. 🙂 XicanoreX [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-mexican-guy/103168.md?page=1)