Noesdeayer
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Back in the early '80s during my first decade in Argentina I used to complain a lot to the Argies about how disorganized everything was and how disinterested they seemed to be in correcting that situation for their own benefit.Their answer many times was that ,Yes the country was a "quilombo-- a mad house" but "un quilombo lindo---a pretty mad house".. It was difficult for me to believe that it was the way they liked and wanted it.but I took their word for it.Incidentally,the word "quilombo" is (I believe) of Braziian origin and meant the slave quarters where the African slaves lived which was many times noisy due to a lot of music etc. As time went on I began to understand that they really revelled in this aspect of their personality known in Spanish as"indomito" or undisciplined characterized by the exp<b></b>ression," Que se joda el siguiente" ----"Screw the next guy".
They even used to mock what they thought was super organization in the old Fritz and Frank jokes about 2 German immigrants.One is typically characteristic.Fritz & Frank had a department store. One day an Argie customer asked for a certain product and Fritz answered." Oh,that's on the third floor, area 3 section B .and when the customer got up there Frank told hm, "Oh,we're out of that product but--Que organizacion,eh!.
Will this ever change or do they really like it that way too much? Your guess is as good as mine.
They even used to mock what they thought was super organization in the old Fritz and Frank jokes about 2 German immigrants.One is typically characteristic.Fritz & Frank had a department store. One day an Argie customer asked for a certain product and Fritz answered." Oh,that's on the third floor, area 3 section B .and when the customer got up there Frank told hm, "Oh,we're out of that product but--Que organizacion,eh!.
Will this ever change or do they really like it that way too much? Your guess is as good as mine.
