Comments on: Top 5 Things To Thank Spain For http://www.indolentindio.com/2008/05/top-5-things-to-thank-spain-for/ Since 1521 Fri, 30 Jul 2010 18:45:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: onetamad http://www.indolentindio.com/2008/05/top-5-things-to-thank-spain-for/comment-page-1/#comment-3298 onetamad Sat, 03 Apr 2010 03:31:46 +0000 http://www.indolentindio.com/?p=34#comment-3298 But beer, dude... But beer, dude…

]]> By: Omon http://www.indolentindio.com/2008/05/top-5-things-to-thank-spain-for/comment-page-1/#comment-3291 Omon Thu, 01 Apr 2010 12:50:35 +0000 http://www.indolentindio.com/?p=34#comment-3291 Yes you forgot mestiszo food-paella, adobo, chorizo, tapa, pan de sal, quesong puti, lechon, caldereta, galantina, leche flan...It has made us what we are, beer is a beverage, merely elevates what you missed. Yes you forgot mestiszo food-paella, adobo, chorizo, tapa, pan de sal, quesong puti, lechon, caldereta, galantina, leche flan…It has made us what we are, beer is a beverage, merely elevates what you missed.

]]> By: onetamad http://www.indolentindio.com/2008/05/top-5-things-to-thank-spain-for/comment-page-1/#comment-3154 onetamad Wed, 17 Feb 2010 06:14:47 +0000 http://www.indolentindio.com/?p=34#comment-3154 I feel your pain, Anonymouse. I mean, it makes sense doesn't it? Closing your eyes should make you look like you're asleep. But I guess parents are smarter than that. Not smart enough not to beat their kids, perhaps, but pretty smart anyway. I feel your pain, Anonymouse. I mean, it makes sense doesn’t it? Closing your eyes should make you look like you’re asleep.

But I guess parents are smarter than that. Not smart enough not to beat their kids, perhaps, but pretty smart anyway.

]]> By: Anonymouse http://www.indolentindio.com/2008/05/top-5-things-to-thank-spain-for/comment-page-1/#comment-3152 Anonymouse Tue, 16 Feb 2010 12:02:34 +0000 http://www.indolentindio.com/?p=34#comment-3152 true, true on #2. I will attest to being on the receiving end of a regular afternoon thrashing for not being able to pretend sleep during afternoons. I was a bad actor even then. Evidently, shutting your eyes as hard as you can does not constitute sleep. It only makes you look constipated. My punishment: hanger-whipping (iron ones, mind you) ; kneeling on salt while balancing encyclopedias on outstretched arms (because in our home, that's what encyclopedias are for). good times. true, true on #2. I will attest to being on the receiving end of a regular afternoon thrashing for not being able to pretend sleep during afternoons. I was a bad actor even then. Evidently, shutting your eyes as hard as you can does not constitute sleep. It only makes you look constipated.

My punishment: hanger-whipping (iron ones, mind you) ; kneeling on salt while balancing encyclopedias on outstretched arms (because in our home, that’s what encyclopedias are for).

good times.

]]> By: AntiBeast http://www.indolentindio.com/2008/05/top-5-things-to-thank-spain-for/comment-page-1/#comment-404 AntiBeast Wed, 27 Aug 2008 21:23:05 +0000 http://www.indolentindio.com/?p=34#comment-404 You forgot one very important contribution of Spain to the Philippines: MESTIZOOS. Unlike Latin America, the MESTIZOOS of the Philippines are mostly descended from Chinese immigrants (called "sangleys") who founded the Filipino Nation (with U.S. help). You forgot one very important contribution of Spain to the Philippines:
MESTIZOOS. Unlike Latin America, the MESTIZOOS of the Philippines are mostly descended from Chinese immigrants (called “sangleys”) who founded the Filipino Nation (with U.S. help).

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