vicky
hahahaha! girl, you crack me up...
[2005-04-06 09:46:56]

Panaman
Not to mention,as hard as I try to avoid it, my sobrina always wacks some little vato in the head with the stick.
[2005-04-06 11:16:49]

name
I know it's crazy. If only my neice saw what REALLY happened to Strawberry Shortcake she'd flip. My dad wore the head around to make the older kids laugh (after it was beaten/broken of course). Then the bottom half, the legs of Strawberry Shortcake were filled with Erika's little legs that looked like she was on stilts. (my dad was holding her upright)
[2005-04-06 11:44:53]

HispanicPundit
The principle in the movie Napoleon Dynamite would agree with you.

Vote 4 Pedro!!!
[2005-04-06 11:47:16]

lex
Yes, we ARE weird. But you can escape it. Wait until you're a mom and you find yourself stringing up Dora the Explorer so your daughter can smack the crap out of her. The reason I didn't want to have a party for Isa at Chuck E Cheese or something like that... where would we do the piñata?!!
[2005-04-06 13:08:46]

elenamary
i really hate elmo, and animal and all that other stuff, pi�atas. At least that elmo pi�ata was star shaped, I love the original stars they are the best IMHO.
[2005-04-06 15:49:14]

irasali
pinatas are fun. i never feel like i whack them hard enough. (yes, i still line up for my turn.)
[2005-04-06 17:04:38]

oso
Yeah, I always thought pi�atas were more apt for adults when we really wanna smack the hell out of cute little cartoon characters. How's that song go? Dale, dale, dale ...
[2005-04-06 23:06:58]

cindylu
Oso, it goes "dale, dale, dale / no pierdas el ritmo..." (I don't know the rest).
[2005-04-07 00:41:33]

Frances M.
C.: I'm a bit late leaving you a comment on this one, but here it is: beating up an effigy of a loved character in order to obtain a reward from inside ot can be analyzed various ways as can be anything: from left to right. You pick your spot on the spectrum and ask yourself why you picked that spot. As for how we analyze ourselves, remember that Mexicans, Puerto Ricans, Cubans, etc. are predominantly of a Christian tradition that holds a man who allowed himself to be beat up as our savior. So, from that standpoint, a pi�ata becomes almost Jesus-like, allowing itself to be beat up to bring good to others. :-)
[2005-04-07 14:22:37]

elenamary
dale dale dale/ no quiero oro ni quiero plata lo que quiero es quebrar la pi�ata
[2005-04-08 00:19:27]

cindylu
Frances, that made me and my roommate laugh out loud. Yet, I don't know if we can equate candy with eternal salvation. Eh, most kids don't really care anyway.
[2005-04-08 01:16:20]

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