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Dr Lizardo11/07/2018 10:00:22 am PST

re: #63 HappyWarrior

CCJ knows a guy who knows a guy who invented the Doritos Locos Taco.

So, a Taco Bell story.

One of my students had to go to Los Angeles for work two years ago. She thought she’d try Taco Bell (why not) and she walked in and saw a sign advertising some chalupa.

Now, this confused her….you see, “chalupa” means “summer cottage” in Czech. So at first she was wondering why a taco-looking thingy was called a “summer cottage”.

Then she went to order it, as after all, she could tell everyone back here that she’d eaten a summer cottage while she was in the US. So she goes up to the counter and asks for a chalupa……only to find the young lad behind the counter couldn’t understand her, as that word is pronounced like haloopa in Czech. So she pointed to the sign and the young man said, “Oh, you want a chalupa (chaloopa)”.

So, after a bit of confusion, she got her chalupa. She enjoyed it. And afterwards, she discovered actual Mexican food, which she enjoyed even more (after getting over a little trepidation ordering food from a taco truck).