DISQUS

Cincinnati Chile · 8 months ago

HAHAHAHAHA- burn all his fanny packs. That really made me laugh- my eyes got big when S talked about having a fanny pack. I said "Uhhh- you can't wear that in the US- no way Jose". Luckily he didn't have a mullet.

Cincinnati Chile · 8 months ago

oh, and I have one more add-


Once you've spotted a guy you like just steal him from his mom's house , shave off his mullet, burn all his fanny packs and walk that weon right on down the aisle.

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Shannon · 8 months ago

LMAO!!! I agree with Cincinnati Chile, You do have to steal the man from his moms house...so far I have been failing on that one.
Rodrigo has a fanny pack. He thinks its so handy and cool. I shoved it behind out huge wooden dresser. Shhhh!

I really thought someone was really commenting about Viagra....I am so slow sometimes!!

cavils in chile · 8 months ago

hilarious kyle

unemployed_people · 8 months ago

I used to live in Spain and those head massagers were everywhere!!! I finally broke down and bought one because they really are amazing.

kumichan83 · 8 months ago

hey, my dad wore a fanny pack and he is from new jersey! lol. he had a gun in it though, seriously. and i had one of those head massagers. it felt too prickly though.


face like a foot... yikes! i haven't seen a foreigner quite that bad yet. i do see ecuadorian men with feet faces walking around with gorgeous gringas though.

Abby · 8 months ago

Oh don't worry, they didn't used to be on the bus, they still are! You can buy anything from parche-curitias to toe nail clippers to ball point pens to mani tostado to helados. I almost bought some scissors the other day for only $500 pesos, but realized I had nothing smaller than a $5000 bill. Pucha.


Anyway, hilarious post!!

Katie · 8 months ago

I think I've been delurked, so I'm going to leave my inaugural comment on your blog, Kyle (which I love, by the way). Funny post and some definite similarities to Argentine men. I'm still trying to pry that fanny pack away from Daniel...

nyGRINGAinCHILE · 8 months ago

dude i was totally about to gear up and write an entry about things i love about chile... i loved the part about the doggies and cutting off the mullet...i def had to do that with my hubbers before walking him down the aisle

Sara · 8 months ago

Cincinnati Chile, steal him from his mom's house. I'm cracking up!


Oh and I need to jump on the nana band wagon. Seriously, I'm starving.

Sara · 8 months ago

Shannon, I wouldn't say you are failing. Your Chilean is just really young. It's pretty typical. Cutting the umbilical cord takes much more time that you think it should.

Isabel · 8 months ago

number 4 is absolutely hilarious! and so true...

Sarita · 8 months ago

OMG the very first time I laid eyes on my chileno he came walking toward me with nothing but a huge green fanny pack...luckily, I was able to get past that :)


"face like a foot" harsh but so true !!!!

Sarita · 8 months ago

let me clarify, he did have clothes on, but no back pack (we were en la u) just the fanny pack for all of his belongings :)

Lei · 8 months ago

HAHAHA is it really horrible that I am starting to fall into the fanny pack craze? I love your conclusion that nana = better sex. Also #3 is great....doggie zoo 24/7....sort of sad for the dogs themselves though.

Emily · 8 months ago

Hahahaha So true!! However, after a year and a half, #4 hasn't really worked out for me :/

Cincinnati Chile · 8 months ago

I'm STILL laughing about the fanny pack and all the comments. S tried to convince me of the usefulness of it and asked me what else he was supposed to do with stuff that won't fit in his pockets. I told him I would take a man purse over a fanny pack any day.


Also, his giraffe slippers did manage to wear out and they don't sell adult sized animal slippers here so we are over that hurdle too ;) He walked out one day in the driveway with them and the guy that cuts the grass is like "Nice slippers!" My bro said the same thing. I guess men in Chile are more comfortable in their "manliness"? :)

Ritamae · 8 months ago

I'm with Isabel. #4 made me laugh out loud.

Anonymous · 8 months ago

without sounding immature... the word 'fanny pack' really stands out to your English readers, lots of lols.

Karen · 8 months ago

Did you only do a top 5 because you couldn't think of any more?
;-)

Karen

Mamacita Chilena · 8 months ago

Aimee, I laughed so hard I cried at "steal him from his mom's house"!!!!!!!!!!!


Kathleen, he had a gun in his fanny, LOL!!!! I'm freaking dying over here right now.



Abby, hahaha, nail clippers to mani...sounds so appetizing when you put it that way. :P



Katie, goooood luck with that. If he's anything like a Chilean guy, he's got a death grip on that fanny pack and isn't letting go anytime soon!



Sara, you absolutely need a nana! C'mon, it's my number one reason!



Sarita, I definitely first read that as you guys having some kind of very kinky bedroom encounter, haha!



Emily, just wait...when you least expect it, someone will shave off his mullet and all of a sudden you'll see a guy in a whole new light. :P



Lei, I know, I've been so tempted to start using a fanny pack too. They look so convenient. They also look retarded. It's a choice we all have to make :)



Anonymous, SO funny that you say that. In one of my favorite episodes of Scrubs, Turk and JD can't stop laughing at a patient who says the word "Duty." Don't worry, I'm easily amused too.



Karen, yes, I only did 5 because the rest of my reasons would have been purely food related. ;)

Rachel · 8 months ago

On a semi-related note (if your face is not exactly foot-like)... has anyone else had random people (store clerks, other people's nana's) comment on their appearance?


I was getting pictures printed yesterday, and the lady in the (really small) store kept staring at me... I just smiled, and she says "Ud. es muy hermosa." Maybe it's the blonde thing??



(Please say this has happened to some of you...)

Mamacita Chilena · 8 months ago

Haha, yes Rachel, get used to it. It's not a blond thing or a beauty thing. It's pretty socially acceptable here to comment on people's appearances in good or bad ways.

emilyta · 8 months ago

Rachel- haahaha yes! just this morning i was at my boyfriends parents house (slowly stealing him away) and his nana was like oh, i like it when you wear all black. you are thin but your outfit really makes you look skinny! etc. she talked about it like we were discussing the weather lol.

Lei · 8 months ago

you know....I have one defense for sometimes using a fanny pack....I bike everywhere, and I don´t want to be hauling a backpack everywhere with me. On the other hand, a purse is way too uncomfortable to bike with. Therefore.....the fanny pack!!! Does it sound like I´m groveling for approval? (Well, I am....hahaha, I´m still embarrassed about using a fanny pack!)


-Leana

Mamacita Chilena · 8 months ago

I understand! I want one for running. But instead I've convinced myself I'd rather just sew pockets into my shirt or something. :P Maybe I should just give in!

Anonymous · 8 months ago

well, Im not so sure if they are really into baseball caps or flip flops in Milan or Paris and I've never seen any europeans making fun of gringos for wearing them as if their lives depended on it...
I love your blog though :)

Anonymous · 8 months ago

LMAO, as a Chilean living in the States, your top 5 reasons are hilarious, I love the screen on the window comment: love it!!!

Tori's SSSPA · 7 months ago

A little unknown fact about stealing a Chilean man from his mom - and I know this first hand, although I was first born in the US - mom's keep their children's umbilical cord that drops off as a newborn in a box somewhere in a drawer. Yes, that's right! And they're rationale behind it is so that the cord is never cut between mother and child. My cousin living in Chile was wondering why she wasn't married yet(and no, she didn't have a face like a foot!). She overheard that umbilical cord thing, rummaged through her mom's drawer, and threw them ALL out (6 boys and her!). Life changed for all of them, needless to say.

Tori's SSSPA · 7 months ago

A little unknown fact about stealing a Chilean man from his mom - and I know this first hand, although I was first born in the US - mom's keep their children's umbilical cord that drops off as a newborn in a box somewhere in a drawer. Yes, that's right! And they're rationale behind it is so that the cord is never cut between mother and child. My cousin living in Chile was wondering why she wasn't married yet(and no, she didn't have a face like a foot!). She overheard that umbilical cord thing, rummaged through her mom's drawer, and threw them ALL out (6 boys and her!). Life changed for all of them, needless to say.

annje · 4 days ago

OMG I almost died laughing at # 4. I hadn't read a lot of these, so I am glad you did a recap. My hubs didn't have a mullet or a fanny-pack though I did need to burn some nasty old pjs and make him throw away his pantuflas--which are almost as revolting as a fanny-pack.