Monday, September 01, 2008

Ready for the Revolution

A man in the supermarket parking lot this evening told me there was a military coup beginning and that every person should quickly go to his own home because tanks were rolling in from the Chaco to take over. Given the current and tumultuous political environment in Paraguay, his claim was not unbelievable to a generally disconnected and ignorant North American. And so, in good preparation for the revolution, I impetuously purchased

1. 5 pounds of bread

2. 2 pounds of sugar

3. 2 pounds of flour

4. Crackers

5. Toilet Paper

6. Suave hair conditioner

7. 3 cucumbers

8. 4 onions

9. Bananas

10. 4 and a half pounds of rice

11. 2 packages of noodles

12. 2 pounds of yerba for terreré and maté

13. A gallon of milk, in boxes

14. A lot of ricotta cheese


When the revolution gets here, you can bet I’ll be ready. After the prices of commodities fly through the roof because of the political instability, people will want to pay me in gold for my food, but I’ll give it to them for free because I’m nice like that.


Ready for the revolution

6 comments:

Anonymous said...

Laughing and laughing some more. Thanks for the Monday morning humor. Love, Mom PS. What are you going to use the cheese for?

Anonymous said...

Hmmm... Banana Republics.

http://upsidedownworld.org/main/content/view/1449/1/

Hang on to your mangoes, Jason.

Lugo may be taking lessons from Hugo.

Anonymous said...

how are you going to keep 5 pounds of bread from going bad in this heat with your tiny freezer????

Anonymous said...

You, a Steidl, giving away food? I'm thinking that picture of you in front of your "goods" tells of your niceness!

Unknown said...

I love the fact that you stocked up on conditioner. If there is going to be a revolution, you might as highlight one of your assets, that golden fleece of yours. Perhaps you could even round up a Paraguayan assembly of Argonauts in anticipation or even travel the Latin-American world. Perhaps, just perhaps, you may even find that siren you're looking for.
-L-bro

Anonymous said...

Hey Jas. We are starting to get a little worried about you.Maybe youve been out in the hot paraguayan sun without a hat to long.Or maybe youve been sipping to much yerba.Im still not sure whats in that stuff.Either way we may have to come down there fly you out of there and back to the states where we can get you to a mall and get some starbucks in you Love Dad