Author Archives: Angeline Peterson
Xiconhoca – Corruption
Translation
Boss: “Let’s see if you can get me a technician who’s works for the government. Promise him we’ll double his salary. We have to win over all the civil servants who work for them.”
Xiconhoca: “Yes, boss, I’m on it. We have a plan for that that’s being put in action as we speak.”
Xiconhoca – Neighborhood Watch
Translation
Text on the wall: “I’m broke. I had so much merchandise!”
Xiconhoca’s thoughts: “Ah, cripe! Business was going so well! The siphoning off operation hardly has anything left! I’ve got to tell my team of Xicos merchants that neighborhood watch really works!”
Xiconhoca – Bourgeois
Translation
Xiconhoca is bourgeois. He has nothing but contempt for the common man.
Xiconhoca – The Reception Desk
Translation
Xiconhoca at the hospital
Xiconhoca, sitting at the reception desk: “These papers aren’t right. You’ll have to come back tomorrow.”
Man, standing: “Take care of that girl or else she’ll make a scene.”
Xiconhoca – Party Dress
Translation
Xiconhoca: Hey, Pita. Want to go to a party?
Xiconhoca – Rocket Express
Translation
Name of band: Rocket Express (possibly a pun on the U.S.’ psychedelic music band “Jefferson Airplane” from the 1960s and 70s)
Sign on the door: Low prices. Tickets starting at $110.
