Saturday, January 03, 2009

Alamo II

Oh yeah, I forgot to mention. In the museum/gift shop, I can forgive the stupid Reginaldo, at The Alamo children's book. All historical site gift shops have sappy children's versions of the events. Usually the main character is a boy or girl (just like you!) who is witness to the events, but in this case Reginaldo is a dog. Brutal. This is a particularly bad example, but no one's going to attract John Updike to write this tripe, so you have to cut everyone some slack.

I cannot forgive the blade labeled "mideivel" knife. When you are a museum, you have to get at least one vowel out of four correct on every display. This telling detail provides insight into why their histories are Texacentric.

2 comments:

  1. "mideivel"

    You've got to be kidding... That's horrible!

    The only thing I ever buy in gift shops like that are refrigerator magnets, shot glasses, post cards, or coffee mugs to memorialize the visit.

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  2. And what's more, the dog is a chihuahua. I can only hope, that at the crucial moment in the fight, the dog walks up to a Mexican soldier and say clearly, "Yo quiero Taco Bell."

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