Monday, September 15, 2008

Qui e Mimo!


Allow me to introduce you to Mimo. Mimo is the Cellar Master at Ceretto. Not only can Mimo speak hilariously broken English with us, he is also a terrific whistler. His favorites thus far are “La Cucaracha” and “The Barber of Seville”. I finally got up the courage to whistle along with Mimo, and he admitted that he was quite impressed. I whistled the main chorus of “La Cucaracha” and Mimo whistled the back up.
It was a very special moment.

We’ve yet to understand if Mimo loves or hates us. He has a tendency to joke around with us and ask us legitimate questions, only to do an immediate 180, and ask us why Americans are so stupid and why were are such silly little girls.

Here’s one example of Mimo’s feelings toward America. Mimo spent two months working in Santa Cruz, before he drove across the country with his “American Girlfriend” all the way to NYC. Mimo’s girlfriend made the unfortunate decision to throw her cigarette butt out of the car window, and out of nowhere a police car started flashing his lights behind them.
They were fined $300.

The reason Mimo was really upset is because he believes that his $300 went toward the funding of all the bombs that we, as Americans, drop. I tried to explain that he did something wrong, and that he should pay a fine. Mimos response was a 20 second stare down,
followed by him simply walking away.

Nonetheless, Mimo is a hilarious and slightly crazy person, uttering such English phrases as “Fuggettaboudid” and “Takeiteeezie”. We have a lot of fun spending time with him and hope that he feels the same way. :)

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