3308 Turning Argentine
Date: Fri, 18 Mar 2005 14:50:37 -0700
From: Chas Gale <hotchango@MSN.COM>
Subject: Turning Argentine
Today Steve Brown wrote,
"As much as we may love doing so, dancing tango makes us no more
Argentine than driving a BMW or Lexus makes us German or Japanese."
Perhaps you've heard the one that goes, What's the difference between a
BMW and a porcupine? . Never mind.
Several years ago, less than a year into my tango life, Daniela Arcuri
asked me, "Where did you learn to dance like an Argentine?" I'm a total
honky, I had never ventured very far outside the US, and virtually all
my tango training to that point had come from Americans. I also had to
wonder, "Where DID I learn to dance like an Argentine?
In the coming weeks I developed a craving for beef and wine so I turned
to medical science. After a battery of tests they determined that I was
at least 10% Argentine. My parents assured me that there was no
Argentine blood in me so I just assumed the doctors got it wrong.
About a year after that I caused a scene in a McDonald's because I
couldn't understand why they didn't offer matte. I went back for more
tests and they determined this time that I was at least 20% Argentine
accept for the penile area where they insist I am 100% African.
I have submitted to these tests every year since and at the rate I am
changing I will be 100% Argentine by the end of 2007 at which point I
expect Derik will seek me out for tango lessons.
Chas "Turning Argentine, I think I'm turning Argentine, I really think
so." Gale
Denver Colorado, USA
www.thetangohouse.com
Date: Fri, 18 Mar 2005 14:04:24 -0800
From: Carlos Rojas <Crojas@HACIENDACDC.ORG>
Subject: Re: Turning Argentine
Chas,
I don't know about your dance, blood or African body parts, but you sure
talk like an Argentine already ;)
Carlos Rojas
Disclosure: This is a joke, I mean no offense to anyone (although
Argentines know they exaggerate everything)
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Sent: Friday, March 18, 2005 1:51 PM
To: TANGO-L@MITVMA.MIT.EDU
Subject: [TANGO-L] Turning Argentine
Today Steve Brown wrote,
"As much as we may love doing so, dancing tango makes us no more
Argentine than driving a BMW or Lexus makes us German or Japanese."
Perhaps you've heard the one that goes, What's the difference between a
BMW and a porcupine? . Never mind.
Several years ago, less than a year into my tango life, Daniela Arcuri
asked me, "Where did you learn to dance like an Argentine?" I'm a total
honky, I had never ventured very far outside the US, and virtually all
my tango training to that point had come from Americans. I also had to
wonder, "Where DID I learn to dance like an Argentine?
In the coming weeks I developed a craving for beef and wine so I turned
to medical science. After a battery of tests they determined that I was
at least 10% Argentine. My parents assured me that there was no
Argentine blood in me so I just assumed the doctors got it wrong.
About a year after that I caused a scene in a McDonald's because I
couldn't understand why they didn't offer matte. I went back for more
tests and they determined this time that I was at least 20% Argentine
accept for the penile area where they insist I am 100% African.
I have submitted to these tests every year since and at the rate I am
changing I will be 100% Argentine by the end of 2007 at which point I
expect Derik will seek me out for tango lessons.
Chas "Turning Argentine, I think I'm turning Argentine, I really think
so." Gale
Denver Colorado, USA
www.thetangohouse.com
Date: Fri, 18 Mar 2005 17:37:56 -0500
From: Richard deSousa <mallpasso@AOL.COM>
Subject: Re: Turning Argentine
Finally, some needed humor... what a hoot!... thanks, Chas!
I visited Buenos Aires last November for the first time and I had the
pleasure of dancing with an Australian lady at Club Espanol who had
been living in BA since February 2004. She was a wonderful dancer and
her time spent there since November made her an exceptional partner.
She wondered how I learned to dance like a milonguero and I explained
that all of my dancing experience was from the SF Bay Area. I returned
the compliment by telling her she will be the hit of Aussie tango
dancers in Brisbane when she returned.
El Bandito de Tango
-----Original Message-----
Sent: Fri, 18 Mar 2005 14:50:37 -0700
Subject: [TANGO-L] Turning Argentine
Today Steve Brown wrote,
"As much as we may love doing so, dancing tango makes us no more
Argentine than driving a BMW or Lexus makes us German or Japanese."
Perhaps you've heard the one that goes, What's the difference between a
BMW and a porcupine? . Never mind.
Several years ago, less than a year into my tango life, Daniela Arcuri
asked me, "Where did you learn to dance like an Argentine?" I'm a total
honky, I had never ventured very far outside the US, and virtually all
my tango training to that point had come from Americans. I also had to
wonder, "Where DID I learn to dance like an Argentine?
In the coming weeks I developed a craving for beef and wine so I turned
to medical science. After a battery of tests they determined that I was
at least 10% Argentine. My parents assured me that there was no
Argentine blood in me so I just assumed the doctors got it wrong.
About a year after that I caused a scene in a McDonald's because I
couldn't understand why they didn't offer matte. I went back for more
tests and they determined this time that I was at least 20% Argentine
accept for the penile area where they insist I am 100% African.
I have submitted to these tests every year since and at the rate I am
changing I will be 100% Argentine by the end of 2007 at which point I
expect Derik will seek me out for tango lessons.
Chas "Turning Argentine, I think I'm turning Argentine, I really think
so." Gale
Denver Colorado, USA
www.thetangohouse.com
