Today in History
Most people don't know that back in 1912, Hellman's mayonnaise was manufactured in England. In fact, the Titanic was carrying 12,000 jars of the condiment scheduled for delivery in Vera Cruz, Mexico, which was to be the next port of call for the great ship after its stop in New York. This would have been the largest single shipment of mayonnaise ever delivered to Mexico.
But as we know, the great ship did not make it to New York. The ship hit an iceberg and sank, and the cargo was forever lost. The people of Mexico, who were crazy about mayonnaise and were eagerly awaiting its delivery, were disconsolate at the loss. Their anguish was so great that they declared a National Day of Mourning, which they still observe to this day.
The National Day of Mourning occurs each year on May 5th and is known of course, as Sinko de Mayo.
posted by Rachel Wozniak at 1:18 PM
6 Comments:
FLOT!- I was totally buying into your crazy story. This was my thought process:
"hugh- who knew that the Titanic was carting mayonaise?"
"hugh- why would the Titanic cart massive quantities of mayonaise when it was a luxary passenger ship"
"hugh- how come I didn't learn about this massive mayonaise shipment when I did my Titanic project in the G&T program in the 4th grade?"
"Ohhhhhhhh- it's a joke. heee heee!"
there you have it- my thought process- thought by painstaking thought.
11:33 PM
Flot, I love your writing. Both of these posts were truly entertaining. Thanks!
10:38 PM
I find this Cinco de Mayo joke totally offensive.
Inexcusable.
11:14 PM
I have to confess, this joke is not my own, but I do not know the original author. But thanks for the kudos, Karen and Melissa. I thought it funny, too. And Benjamin, my appologies! :)
11:56 AM
Benjamin was totally laughing as he made this post, no appologies needed. Oh, the plights of being a high school Spanish teacher!
8:20 AM
It's okay, Simone. I figured as much. :) Do Mexicans even use mayonnaise?
9:05 AM
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