Unter dieser Überschrift hat unsere Tageszeitung, San Antonio Express-News, heute Leserzuschriften zu diesem Thema veröffentlicht. Hier nun meine Favoriten. Alle Zuschriften sind hier zu finden: San Antonio Express-News/S.A. Life.
You know you’re from/in San Antonio if …
- you think 95 degrees in the middle of summer is a chilly day
- your neighborhood often smells like BBQ on Sundays, especially during football season
- you have a bean and cheese taco and a Dr Pepper for breakfast
- you understand the dire implications of parking under a tree at sunset when the grackles are getting ready to roost
- a 90-degree August day is considered a cold front
- you consider cactus decorative lawn flora
- there’s been road work on your street since 1998
- you believe using a turn signal is a sign of weakness
- you text, tweet and email all your friends every time it rains
- you are on the streets of Paris and you hope that there is a Taco Cabana around the corner
- you eat fish with gravy
- your idea of health food is a few cheese and bean breakfast tacos
- it is over 100 degrees and you believe Thanksgiving must be next week
- you know that if someone has their turn signal on, it’s probably a factory defect
- the true value of a parking spot isn’t determined by the distance to the door, but by the amount of available shade
- you know that the Chili Bowl is a football game
- you have seen Hummers parked in „compact car“ parking spaces
- you have see bus patrons waiting in the shade of a telephone pole
- you’re frequently dodging potholes on residential streets
- your wedding is catered by Bill Miller
- it’s raining hard and all the local stations interrupt scheduled programs to cover the weather
- after returning from a vacation, you stop at Taco Cabana on the way home from the airport
- you don’t consider wearing cowboy boots with a tiara to be a wardrobe faux pas
- you spent Christmas Day in 96-degree weather
- you closely follow the aquifer or mountain cedar pollen levels, depending on the season
- you know what day of the week it is by the specials at your favorite Mexican food restaurant.
- tacos are for breakfast, lunch, AND dinner
- eating healthy means choosing the wheat bun at Whataburger
- one inch of snow is a „once in a lifetime“ experience
- you don’t need a tanning booth to tan
- every other car is a pick-up truck
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Find ich gut, diese Aussagen! Hab zwar für manche Wörter den LEO-Übersetzer geraucht, aber es ging ganz gut mit dem verstehen. 🙂
lg Gabi