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abril 06, 2006
Good advice
"Obrigado" is the portuguese (oh yes, in Brazil we do speak portuguese) word for thank you. And it´s the sort of thing that you´ll hear coming out of the stinking mouths of 100% of these old rock stars who make the trip down here in the end of their careers. The audience usually screams, claps and cheers.
But beware you foreigners. If I was you, I would quickly learn how to say please in our native language.
Because that´s what you´ll have to say to cold blooded gang members, happy thugs, corrupt policemen, fake lawyers, dubious taxi drivers, zoombie drug dealers, lovers to be, and even child prostitutes, if you want to come out alive from this wonderful tropical experience of ours. And, as most of our public services, political system and capitalism, it may not work.
Repeat after me: Por favor, por favor, por favor, aaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhh!!!!
Posted by pimentel at abril 6, 2006 11:44 AM