More Pix For A Laugh

[besilarius]

It's not easy being green.

[Barthheart]

[Barthheart]

[Barthheart]

[Barthheart]

[bayonetbrant]

[besilarius]

On Endor, no one wants to hear you scream.

[bayonetbrant]

who else can totally picture this being Cyrano's dialog at the Ren Faire?

[Capn Darwin]

Brant, if that was true we would see the line "Maiden, fetch me thine finest peach schnapps" in there.  :P

[GDS_Starfury]

[BanzaiCat]

 

[Barthheart]

[mirth]

[besilarius]

 Toros Especial
Bob Marshall © 2015

Well, I was just south of the border on a break from the brand
it was getting kinda hungry out and I saw a Taco stand.
So I pulled on in to catch a glimpse of the fare that they provided
From a menu that was scrawled in chalk on a wall of worn out sidin'

There were tacos and nachos, tostados, burritos, frijoles and red rice,
Being the hungry man I was, well they all sounded nice
But, written on the bottom, as if an afterthought.
Was "Toros Especial", sounded good, that's exactly what I bought.

The minute hand had only made a few clicks to the right
When set down before me was a savory delight.
Ya see, smack dab in the middle of a bed of rice and beans
Were the two biggest balls of meat, this cowboy's ever seen.

Deep fried to a golden brown, as pretty as ya please
They were slathered in a gooey pool of delicious melted cheese
Smothered in a spicy sauce that brought a sweat to my lip
If the food were indication, the waitress had earned her tip.

I dove into that plate of food, like a wild man possessed
I wasn't sure I could eat it all, but knew I'd try my best.
So when one remaining tortilla, swabbed up that one last bite
I pushed back from the table with my appetite set right.

From that day, for every day, I spent in Mexico
You'd find me at that very spot, with that meal I'd come to know.
And I don't know how they did it, but every single bite,
Seemed better than the one before, until that fateful night.

I'd once again ordered that same delicious meal
And prepped myself for another of those over stuffed feels
And just as quickly as it had in those days that had gone past
The plate was set down 'fore me, and I prepared to break my fast.

But this time when I stared down at the meal I'd come to love
Imagine my disappointment when I looked down from above,
Instead of two huge meat balls that had always filled the plate,
I found instead one tiny ball and next to it, it's mate.

I called the waitress over and she seemed a tad bit leery
"Why" I asked , "the reduced size?" was the focus of my query.
She paused for just a little bit, before her explanation,
Of why the difference in the size, that I saw on examination.

"Senor, around the corner from this humble taco stand.
Is a large bullfight arena, where the bullfights draw in fans.
And when the bull is vanquished, the meat is sold to us
And what you have been eating is the losing bulls fried nuts."

I swallowed hard and sat back on my chair in shocked surprise
At the knowledge I'd been given about the jumbo meat ball size.
"Well that" says I, "just explains the dinners that have been."
She smiled a smile then said real slow, "The bull...Sometimes he wins."

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