# 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:** 8
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2012, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mint-juleps-mexico-story/627934/141 "2012-07-13T16:03:43Z")
> [@tapu](#): > > Isn’t it usually Flores though? As opposed to a name that usually is transcribed with z? E.g., Alvarez, with its obvious origins? He’s a closet Portuguese. ---
**Author:** ![tapu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/49beb7/32.png) [@tapu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tapu)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2012, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mint-juleps-mexico-story/627934/142 "2012-07-13T16:11:21Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > He’s a closet Portuguese. Ah. I was thinking closet Moor. ---
**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 13, 2012, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mint-juleps-mexico-story/627934/143 "2012-07-13T16:33:54Z")
> [@Cheshire\_Human](#): > > In Soviet Jewish Mexico, they make their punch from Vodka, Maneshevits, and Tequila. With lime, salt, and “the worm”. And foreskins. It’s the foreskins that really make the drink zing! > [@tapu](#): > > Ah. I was thinking closet Moor. I was thinking closet door. ---
**Author:** ![CarnalK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnalk/32/486_2.png) [@CarnalK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CarnalK)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2012, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mint-juleps-mexico-story/627934/144 "2012-07-13T20:23:08Z")
> [@NOLA\_Cajun](#): > > This would have been better if it had turned in to a good cat fight. I’m wagering Mint could kick the shit out of Jeanie. Hard to say though. All I know is that in a good cat fight, we all win. > > I’m still scratching my head as to why Jeanie really cared in the first place. Did Mint steal her thunder in another lifetime or reject her as a lover or is she perhaps just as much Dramatic Royalty? > > I’d bow but I’m afraid as gassy as I am it would come across as rude. > > I feel a good dump coming on and at my age you don’t waste those opportunities. > > Nevertheless, back to your regularly scheduled hijacks. Carry on. I am surprised that someone who is clearly a full-on jackass, such as yourself, would be upset about this rather gentle Pitting. Strange. ---
**Author:** ![tapu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/49beb7/32.png) [@tapu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tapu)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2012, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mint-juleps-mexico-story/627934/145 "2012-07-13T23:05:50Z")
> [@Drunky\_Smurf](#): > > It’s the foreskins that really make the drink zing! > > I was thinking closet door. I was thinking, _What are ya, some kinda moron?_ ---
**Author:** ![florez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b9e5f3/32.png) [@florez](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/florez)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2012, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mint-juleps-mexico-story/627934/146 "2012-07-13T23:45:09Z")
> [@tapu](#): > > Ah. I was thinking closet Moor. No closet anything, just a regular Mexican, except from east LA by way of New Mexico. ---
**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 14, 2012, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mint-juleps-mexico-story/627934/147 "2012-07-14T00:13:44Z")
> [@tapu](#): > > I was thinking, _What are ya, some kinda moron?_ Yes, foreskins are definitely not Kosher. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2012, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mint-juleps-mexico-story/627934/148 "2012-07-14T00:32:09Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > Yes, foreskins are definitely not Kosher. That’ll skin your pickle. ---
**Author:** ![cards](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ecd19e/32.png) [@cards](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cards)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2012, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mint-juleps-mexico-story/627934/149 "2012-07-14T00:46:44Z")
This thread has all the types of response that you see from the SD. Clearly a moderator run board. I’m not happy > **[Would Cervaise's telemarketer rant be allowed in the pit?](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=508338)** > > Having asked three times in this thread: Maybe I can it answered as its own thread. ---
**Author:** ![cards](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ecd19e/32.png) [@cards](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cards)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2012, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mint-juleps-mexico-story/627934/150 "2012-07-14T00:57:39Z")
> [@cards](#): > > This thread has all the types of response that you see from the SD. Clearly a moderator run board. > > I’m not happy > > [Would Cervaise's telemarketer rant be allowed in the pit? - About This Message Board - Straight Dope Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=508338) And just so you know, I’m seeing ex-officials/mods that have been good contributors but are pretty clear about defending the boards unwavering position around containing certain words and behaviours. Too much though. ---
**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 14, 2012, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mint-juleps-mexico-story/627934/151 "2012-07-14T01:25:30Z")
> [@NoClueBoy](#): > > That’ll skin your pickle. I…say what? ---
**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 14, 2012, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mint-juleps-mexico-story/627934/152 "2012-07-14T02:12:25Z")
> [@cards](#): > > And just so you know, I’m seeing ex-officials/mods that have been good contributors but are pretty clear about defending the boards unwavering position around containing certain words and behaviours. Too much though. You certainly cleared _that_ up-thank you. ---
**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 14, 2012, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mint-juleps-mexico-story/627934/153 "2012-07-14T02:16:46Z")
> [@cards](#): > > This thread has all the types of response that you see from the SD. Clearly a moderator run board. > > I’m not happy > > [Would Cervaise's telemarketer rant be allowed in the pit? - About This Message Board - Straight Dope Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=508338) WTF are you on about, longtime member, barely posts? ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2012, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mint-juleps-mexico-story/627934/154 "2012-07-14T02:21:23Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > Reported for movement to the medical forum. Maybe gabriela would come back and weigh in with an opinion. ---
**Author:** ![Crazyhorse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crazyhorse/32/31_2.png) [@Crazyhorse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crazyhorse)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2012, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mint-juleps-mexico-story/627934/155 "2012-07-14T03:04:25Z")
> [@FoieGrasIsEvil](#): > > WTF are you on about, longtime member, barely posts? He’s trying to say that an angry telemarketer in Tulum stabbed a man 7 times with a screwdriver because three years ago some language restrictions were implemented in The Pit. Is that not clear enough? ---
**Author:** ![Steken](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e274bd/32.png) [@Steken](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steken)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2012, 7:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mint-juleps-mexico-story/627934/156 "2012-07-14T07:53:37Z")
This has got to be one of the derailingest derailings in the history of derailing. ---
**Author:** ![Crab\_Rangoon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ba0ec/32.png) [@Crab\_Rangoon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crab_Rangoon)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2012, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mint-juleps-mexico-story/627934/157 "2012-07-14T12:47:47Z")
Banana. ---
**Author:** ![gamerunknown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/6bbea6/32.png) [@gamerunknown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gamerunknown)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2012, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mint-juleps-mexico-story/627934/158 "2012-07-14T15:02:00Z")
> [@billfish678](#): > > Not legally. Depends on whether they can pass the messages on to a bank teller or not. ---
**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 14, 2012, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mint-juleps-mexico-story/627934/159 "2012-07-14T15:05:24Z")
> [@Crazyhorse](#): > > He’s trying to say that an angry telemarketer in Tulum stabbed a man 7 times with a screwdriver because three years ago some language restrictions were implemented in The Pit. Is that not clear enough? Ah, I see that now. Feel like such an idiot! ---
**Author:** ![NOLA\_Cajun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ea666f/32.png) [@NOLA\_Cajun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NOLA_Cajun)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2012, 6:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mint-juleps-mexico-story/627934/160 "2012-07-15T06:33:59Z")
> [@CarnalK](#): > > I am surprised that someone who is clearly a full-on jackass, such as yourself, would be upset about this rather gentle Pitting. Strange. Cite? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mint-juleps-mexico-story/627934.md?page=7) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mint-juleps-mexico-story/627934.md?page=9)