Serendipitous deal

[tslex]

I stopped into the sort of ratty cigar stand across the street from the courthouse after a hearing today to use the ATM to get parking money.
On the counter were three tins of Frog Morton -- the first time I've ever seen any pipe tobacco there.
"Cuanto es?" I asked.
The girl at the register looked confused and called the manager/owner from the back.
"Cuanto es?" she asked.
"Cinco," says he.
"Cinco?" I ask. "Verdad?"
"Si," he insists. "Cinco."
So . . . One gets opened tonight, the second will go to a buddy and the third goes into the cellar.

 

[classicgeek]

I don't speak Spanish. Anyone help me out? I think he ordered some pancakes. :lol:
Simon

 

[ace57]

:?:

 

[ichbinmuede]

"How much?" he asked

"Five" Says the manager

"Five? Seriously?"

"Yep. Five
I don't exactly speak Spanish either so I may not be exact but I'm pretty sure that's the gist of it.

 

[classicgeek]

Aw, c'mon guys. I thought the little laughing icon would give it away. I've got two kids who love Dora the Explorer. I've almost gotten to the point where I understand that little squirrel jabbering away about nutty butter cookies.
That was a sweet deal you got on the FM. Good of you to share the wealth with your buddy, too. Good karma.
Simon

 

[tslex]

You got it exactly right, ichbinmuede.
"Verdad" literally means "truth," but in context, and the way I said it (eyebrows up, rising inflection), it meant exactly "seriously!?"
So my conscience was clear when I stole three tins of FM for $15.

 

[lonestar]

I think he ordered some pancakes

$5 a tin is good for FM, but $5 for a tin AND pancakes, thats a steal in any language.

 

[nathaniel]

Que jue puchica, Juevonsillo! Eso si es una roba verdadero, espero que hay mas de donde vino esas latas... Si yo fuera ti, deberia ir la semana proxima a ver si hay mas latas reposadas por alla! :nana:

 

[romeowood]

One has to wonder, why on earth did they even order Frog Morton of all things? The name?? The tin art???

"Esta rana, que es tan bella!"
Great score!

 

[nikko]

but $5 for a tin AND pancakes, thats a steal in any language.

Verdad :rofl:

 

[spartan]

The name on my birth certificate says "Cellar" I beileve you owe me a tin of that bilingual toby. :D

 

[shaintiques]

Now thats funny, I laughed out loud.

 

[igloo]

Es muy bueno for cinco .

 

[fireink]

Jejeje... yo tambien. Estoy en acuerdo. Si hay mas latas, compra mas. Te obligo! Fue un buen precio! Gozalo!

 

[lordnoble]

but $5 for a tin AND pancakes, thats a steal in any language.

:lol:
A Hot Pocket for twenty cents is a steal any day of the week.
-Jason

 

[hobie1dog]

Did you ask them what they are going to have sitting out next week?

 

[tslex]

Nathaniel, que lastima, no hay mas latas.
Spartan, I think we all saw over the past couple of years the trouble birth certificates can cause.
Romeowood, that made me RA (risa audiblemente).
Hobie, I'm in court three times a week. I rarely have gone into the shop in the past b/c they don't carry pipe stuff and their cigars are badly kept and over-priced. You can be SURE, however, that I'll be stopping in now.

 

[romeowood]

Next time you're there enquire after any Escudo del Cope's for me :mrgreen: