52. Chemo A Youth-Full Chilean Prank

 Did you get pranked yesterday?  Or did you prank someone? 😄

Hotels are an entry point of employment for new Canadians, and the hotel my sister and I worked in was no exception.  In the late 70s, a group of freshly arrived Chileans flocked in, among them a handsome young man by the name of Nelson, who was a favorite with all the female staff.  In addition to having little knowledge of English, the man was shy however, extremely shy.  It so happened we also had a freshly divorced cougar on staff, named Shelly-Ann.  She was desperately looking for some action and focused all her attempts on poor Nelson.  It was painfully obvious to everyone but Shelley-Ann that he was not in the least bit interested.  This hopeless situation went on for a while till my sister and I decided to do something about it.  We asked coworker Dalal, also Chilean, how to say some words in Spanish, then promptly taught this to Shelley-Ann, which we assured her would endear her to him.  At the right moment (we did not want to miss this special occasion) we brought the two lovebirds together.  As per our instructions, Shelley-Ann snuggled up really close to Nelson and blurted out:  "Tengo dos tetitas como dos manzanitas."  Loosely translated as : "I have two small breasts like two little apples."  Nelson did not say a word but his eyebrows shot up to the ceiling.  Then he slowly spun around on his heels and walked out the door,...  walked right into a much more lucrative job in construction!  Shelley-Ann was furious at us.  But her anger soon vanished when a couple of weeks later a contingent of Vietnamese boat people arrived.  Lucky for her, we made no attempt at learning Vietnamese.

Have a listen to the local band called Andino Suns off-spring of the Chilean immigrants that settled here in the 70s: Cantando el pajaro

Back tomorrow with 1 more Chilean story  Till then!