{"id":1668,"date":"2014-05-04T12:54:13","date_gmt":"2014-05-04T16:54:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.usedtobeabastard.com\/?p=1314"},"modified":"2014-05-04T12:54:13","modified_gmt":"2014-05-04T16:54:13","slug":"20-dos-donts-cinco-de-mayo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/dontpokthebear.com\/20-dos-donts-cinco-de-mayo\/","title":{"rendered":"20 Dos And Don\u2019ts Of Cinco De Mayo"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Cinco de Mayo actually celebrates an unlikely victory<\/a> by Mexican soldiers from the town of Puebla over a powerful French army\u2026not Mexico\u2019s independence.<\/h2>\n
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Haha, but you don\u2019t care about that, you want to drink! That\u2019s totally cool, go for it. But this is how to pull it off without being insensitive\/unintentionally\/intentionally racist while still getting to enjoy some great Mexican food and drinks.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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1.<\/span> DO get yourself a bomb-ass margarita\u2026or seven.<\/h2>\n
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2.<\/span> DON\u2019T wear a sombrero at any point during the consumption of the margaritas.<\/h2>\n
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3.<\/span> DO take the opportunity to inhale a possibly unsafe amount of delicious Mexican food.<\/h2>\n
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4.<\/span> DON\u2019T wear a serape.<\/h2>\n
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5.<\/span> No.<\/h2>\n
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6.<\/span> DO enjoy another culture\u2019s music while you\u2019re out.<\/h2>\n
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