# Mint Julep's Mexico Story **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [July 11, 2012, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mint-juleps-mexico-story/627934 "2012-07-11T22:11:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2012, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mint-juleps-mexico-story/627934/101 "2012-07-12T16:33:27Z")
> [@Bob Ducca](#): > > **BottledBlondJeanie** , your predictive powers are astounding! 😃 You think that’s impressive, you should see her walk on her hands! ---
**Author:** ![GrandWino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grandwino/32/67_2.png) [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2012, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mint-juleps-mexico-story/627934/102 "2012-07-12T16:39:57Z")
> [@VinylTurnip](#): > > You think that’s impressive, you should see her walk on her hands! I thought she just had bad breath. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2012, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mint-juleps-mexico-story/627934/103 "2012-07-12T16:58:06Z")
> [@Scumpup](#): > > That’s actually funny coming from someone as disingenuous as you. I offer,as my cite, every gun thread in which you ever participated where you stated you weren’t anti-gun. Of course, you do balance a certain fundamental mendacity by overestimating, by several orders of magnitude, your own cleverness. The post I quoted above serves nicely as an example. So does the recent thread about angels where you trotted out all the standard atheist boilerplate as if you were unveiling original and penetrating insights. I don’t know if Mint Julep’s story is true or not. I do know that you are a monumental douchebag. Another off-topic weak-ass pitting…but at least _this_ time you finally did it in the proper forum. I give it 4.5 out of 10. You can respond with some more off-topic stalking/rants if you wish, but I’m done toying with you. ---
**Author:** ![tapu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/49beb7/32.png) [@tapu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tapu)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2012, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mint-juleps-mexico-story/627934/104 "2012-07-12T17:03:28Z")
> [@Emiliana](#): > > \ > Ejido land (distributed through the agrarian reform program) is owned by the state; ejidatarios have usufruct rights that can be bequeathed to family members but not (legally) sold or rented. As of 1992, ejidos can be privatized but not many have been. > \ hee hee, you said usufruct ---
**Author:** ![tapu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/49beb7/32.png) [@tapu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tapu)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2012, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mint-juleps-mexico-story/627934/105 "2012-07-12T17:05:43Z")
> [@JKellyMap](#): > > \ _Ejidos_, along with another form of village called _comunidades_, make up Mexico’s “social property.” Together this covers about 50% of Mexico’s land area. Most of these village lands are rural, but a few are on the urbanizing fringe of big cities. Much of the Riviera Maya (the coast from Cancun to Tulum) is ejido land. Since the 1992 neoliberal land tenure reform, an ejido (village) assembly can choose to lease its land to, say, a developer;or, they can have their individual parcels surveyed and converted to private lots (_dominio pleno_). As Emiliana indicated, only a minority of the 30,000 ejidos have taken this last step; and, even within those, most just have privatized a few parcels, so far. I don’t know how I could have gotten so confused. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Mint\_Julep](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/bc79bd/32.png) [@Mint\_Julep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mint_Julep)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2012, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mint-juleps-mexico-story/627934/106 "2012-07-12T17:11:38Z")
His response to my question about the location of the incident, “somewhere near Tulum”. So I did hear the story correctly but I dont dismiss your doubts and questions. My best wishes to any family and friends you have in the area, and I hope this account does not upset you further. ---
**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2012, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mint-juleps-mexico-story/627934/107 "2012-07-12T17:14:46Z")
> [@Mint\_Julep](#): > > Probably best if I retreat back into my hole, silently reading and not posting. I enjoy that very much regardless. Before you come crawling back from your hole, you’d better be prepared to answer for this whole “Julep” thing too. I did a cross-analysis if your posts and ran them through a content disconfigureator, and the results came back with just one word: _mojito_. Minty, yes, but note the _Spanish_ overtones. And we all know where they speak Spanish. That’s right–in Hitler! ---
**Author:** ![Scumpup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce73a5/32.png) [@Scumpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scumpup)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2012, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mint-juleps-mexico-story/627934/108 "2012-07-12T17:43:52Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > Another off-topic weak-ass pitting…but at least _this_ time you finally did it in the proper forum. I give it 4.5 out of 10. > You can respond with some more off-topic stalking/rants if you wish, but I’m done toying with you. Your belief that you operate on a whole different level than the rest of us, as shown here, is partially correct. It is a different level, but not, alas, a higher one. To feign lofty disdain, as in the post quoted above, is a typical pose of yours when you have no real response. I’ve seen you in enough threads to know quite well that if you (usually incorrectly) believe you have concocted some devastating retort or found some “gotcha” you make haste to post it. “Toying with” me? When have you ever successfully “toyed with” me, or with anyone? Telling me about board rules isn’t toying with me. (See lofty disdain, above). You’d have done better to just ignore me, douchebag. When you can’t quote rules or hide behind whatever lingering goodwill the mods hold for you, your responses are pathetic. Now don’t let me keep you if there is a thread elsewhere that you think is in desperate need of douchebaggery. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2012, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mint-juleps-mexico-story/627934/109 "2012-07-12T17:56:03Z")
> [@Rhythmdvl](#): > > Before you come crawling back from your hole, you’d better be prepared to answer for this whole “Julep” thing too. I did a cross-analysis if your posts and ran them through a content disconfigureator, and the results came back with just one word: _mojito_. Minty, yes, but note the _Spanish_ overtones. And we all know where they speak Spanish. That’s right–in Hitler! You couldn’t work in an Illuminati reference? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2012, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mint-juleps-mexico-story/627934/110 "2012-07-12T18:59:18Z")
I’ll start popping the popcorn, somebody get the lawn chairs… ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2012, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mint-juleps-mexico-story/627934/111 "2012-07-12T19:12:19Z")
> [@BottledBlondJeanie](#): > > In fact, let the “don’t let this make you leave” posting begin. Don’t let this make you leave a big steamy dump on your bosses desk. ---
**Author:** ![Dangerosa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Dangerosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dangerosa)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2012, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mint-juleps-mexico-story/627934/112 "2012-07-12T22:00:14Z")
> [@Morbo](#): > > Me too! Many vacations at the Hotel Club Akumal Caribe. Many nights trying unsteadily to get out of the swings at Lol-Ha. I love those swings! I had a friend of a friend who used to own a villa on the bay walking distance from those swings. ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2012, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mint-juleps-mexico-story/627934/113 "2012-07-12T22:40:08Z")
…aaaaand the highly touted pay-per-view Scumpup v Czarcasm bout has lost its sponsorship and will not be held. **throws stale popcorn** ---
**Author:** ![Scumpup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce73a5/32.png) [@Scumpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scumpup)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2012, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mint-juleps-mexico-story/627934/114 "2012-07-12T22:48:48Z")
> [@FoieGrasIsEvil](#): > > …aaaaand the highly touted pay-per-view Scumpup v Czarcasm bout has lost its sponsorship and will not be held. > > **throws stale popcorn** **Czarcasm** isn’t nearly as clever as he believes himself to be, but neither is he as catastrophically retarded as, say, **gonzomax** was. He’s smart enough to know when to back away. He already shot his wad by referring to the board rules, anyway. Taking a tone as if he still owned a mod hat is about the best he can do. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2012, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mint-juleps-mexico-story/627934/115 "2012-07-13T01:26:57Z")
What were we talking about when we started this thread? ---
**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2012, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mint-juleps-mexico-story/627934/116 "2012-07-13T01:29:43Z")
The Cubs chances at making the World Series. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2012, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mint-juleps-mexico-story/627934/117 "2012-07-13T01:33:12Z")
> [@Morgenstern](#): > > The Cubs chances at making the World Series. Reported for movement to the Games forum. ---
**Author:** ![Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/malleus_incus_stapes/32/3293_2.png) [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malleus_Incus_Stapes)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2012, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mint-juleps-mexico-story/627934/118 "2012-07-13T01:49:52Z")
> [@Rick](#): > > I know what you’re thinking. “Did he stab me seven times or only six?” Well, to tell you the truth, in all this excitement I kind of lost track myself. But being as this is a #4 Phillips, the most powerful screwdriver in the world, and would blow your head clean off, you’ve got to ask yourself one question: Do I feel lucky? Well, do ya, punk? Doper minds think alike; this was my first thought as well. > [@Nava](#): > > **anya marie** , I’ve heard that theory before applied to Spanish lastnames, but that would make 99% of our patronymics (including some which originated with the first post-Muslim invasion kings) Jewish. Take with big chunk of salt. I heard it the other way around- that names ending in s are often Jewish, and names ending in z aren’t. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2012, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mint-juleps-mexico-story/627934/119 "2012-07-13T01:52:48Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > What were we talking about when we started this thread? Having one too many screwdrivers and getting a sharp stabbing pain in the gut. ---
**Author:** ![BottledBlondJeanie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/0ea827/32.png) [@BottledBlondJeanie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BottledBlondJeanie)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2012, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mint-juleps-mexico-story/627934/120 "2012-07-13T02:24:01Z")
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