Comments on: “Sleepy Mexican” Gets Big And Crumbly, Becomes Art http://www.roadsideamerica.com/blog/sleepy-mexican-becomes-art/ Road trip news, rants, and ruminations by the Editors of RoadsideAmerica.com Thu, 19 Nov 2009 01:05:45 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Oggy http://www.roadsideamerica.com/blog/sleepy-mexican-becomes-art/comment-page-1/#comment-915 Oggy Thu, 27 Nov 2008 17:37:53 +0000 http://www.roadsideamerica.com/blog/?p=267#comment-915 Will my Mexican neighbor's Bareheaded-Bald-Anglo-Golfer-With-Sun-Cancers yard statue ever disintegrate through exposure to the elements? Doubt it. ;-) Will my Mexican neighbor’s Bareheaded-Bald-Anglo-Golfer-With-Sun-Cancers yard statue ever disintegrate through exposure to the elements?

Doubt it. ;-)

]]> By: Cindy Sue Causey http://www.roadsideamerica.com/blog/sleepy-mexican-becomes-art/comment-page-1/#comment-884 Cindy Sue Causey Tue, 25 Nov 2008 06:11:58 +0000 http://www.roadsideamerica.com/blog/?p=267#comment-884 With that there is a movement somewhere afoot to vanquish the image of the sleeping senor*, especially ones like these pictured with the apparent bottle of tequila in hand, as stereotypical, possibly even racist, a sand sculpture that erodes away into history seems very apropos when taken in that light.. Cyber hugs from Talking Rock (which at least one local lores book rumors received its name from a tree), Georgia.. :) * George Lopez :: "George Can't Let Sleeping Mexicans Lie"; Season 6, Episode 15 (title #tt1017573 @ imdb.com) With that there is a movement somewhere afoot to vanquish the image of the sleeping senor*, especially ones like these pictured with the apparent bottle of tequila in hand, as stereotypical, possibly even racist, a sand sculpture that erodes away into history seems very apropos when taken in that light..

Cyber hugs from Talking Rock (which at least one local lores book rumors received its name from a tree), Georgia.. :)

* George Lopez :: “George Can’t Let Sleeping Mexicans Lie”; Season 6, Episode 15 (title #tt1017573 @ imdb.com)

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