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From Marcie
Lynn
s/v Nine of Cups
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"We
were in the Port Captain's office in Salinas, Uruguay,
having returned from Easter Island. I was questioning
the charges for Lights & Buoys which I thought
was a once a year charge since we had previously paid
it.
"Uno
por ano?", I asked.
He
nodded agreement, but repeated, "Uno
por año" with emphasis on the AN-YO.
I
repeated myself again to make sure I understood, he
again nodded agreement, but repeated with emphasis
on AN-YO.
When
I got back to the boat, I checked my Spanish dictionary
as I was sure I saying something wrong.
Obviously, once
per year versus once
per asshole was a pretty big blunder. David
commented, however, that we were lucky the Port Captain
had a good sense of humor because with Jelly aboard,
we would have paid for three assholes, not one."
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Talking
dirty to the Port Captain!
The
cruiser said that he had walked into a restaurant in a small town
the previous night and no one had seated him so he finally sat down.
Although there were people eating at another table, no one brought
him a menu or asked him what he wanted to eat or drink. Finally
he yelled 
