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Ask Fangio questions about living in Argentina.
 
#7 · (Edited)
Fangio- must be nice knowing that you lot are facing summer as we stare into winter
tiempo loco would say my granny, last week was pretty cold down here

Fangio. What is a typical Argentinian breakfast?
there is nothing typical in Argentina apart from nostalgia, pessimism and being not typical

Fangio: Is the carne asada as good as I learned about in Spanish class?
a tactic without names is a nonsense tactic...carne asada can be as good as the quality of the meat involve, won't change that much a shitty carne if you barbecued or not

Fangio, I've finished all the Borges books I can find in NYC, can you recommend a young Argentine writer of magic realism?
You just put Borges under "magic Realism" label? shame on you!...young argie writers? Borges explained it better, is almost impossible to give credit to our contemporaries...give me a call in 40 years, I will recommend then a writer from the 1990's

Fangio should our Number 9 be 1.85m, 1.90m, or 1.95m?
Should be Ronaldo...or a 2.00 mts dude with the skills of Maradona...
 
#8 ·
You just put Borges under "magic Realism" label? shame on you!...young argie writers? Borges explained it better, is almost impossible to give credit to our contemporaries...give me a call in 40 years, I will recommend then a writer from the 1990's

It is Bonita, she is not an old bald man with fixation for daddy's car like you so she can see good things in contemporaries and young argies...
Anyways, magic realism is that style that should be defined as those who want to write like Kafka... and perhaps nothing more...

Bonita, ask Fangio some text that he wrote, I am sure he must have something kept :pp
How is possible to read all about Borges, I still finding lose ends here and there...His complete works then, are so not complete...
 
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Fangio, why use the handle of a legendary race car driver where in reality you ride a donkey to work everiday?
is incredible how my donkey atributes (my "intelligence"...and my "other head") are spreading in a non stop fashion...ojala fuera al menos en burro...me pegaria el solcito y el viento...sabes que tenes razón? deberia haberme puesto al menos Legui, al menos lo de enano lo tengo cubierto.
 
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Fangio said:
...young argie writers? Borges explained it better, is almost impossible to give credit to our contemporaries...give me a call in 40 years, I will recommend then a writer from the 1990's
Message received. So I shall watch Lionel Messi attentively for the next 40 years as he writes the great Argentine fiction with both feet :thumbsup:

But Fangio, why are you treating the words ~magic realism~ as if they are the unlaundered socks of Arguero?
 
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But Fangio, why are you treating the words ~magic realism~ as if they are the unlaundered socks of Arguero?
I just don't like labels, more those one generated in Europe to describe the latin american writers boom in the 60's...I dunno, the name Isabel Allende appears isntantly when I read it...just one of my many prejudices...


I'm not reading anything since time girl, better I know I read sthg not long ago, but I can't even recall waht...I only recall re reading some Stevenson's stories...so I can't be of much help of actual argie writers...I can tell some writers I like from here anyway:

Juan Jose Saer
Adolfo Bioy Casares
Julio Cortazar
Antonio Di Benedetto (a hidden pearl)
 
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fangio, does Maradona know that he is thought of as a national treasure in Bangladesh, moreso than anyone who is actually Bengali
Pelusa thinks he is a solar sytem treasure..he will be pretty annoy if in Jupiter he is not known...


PD: JC won't let this go without some Pele remark



Can you taste the difference between coca de mate and regular mate? How will I know the difference when I go to Argentina?

If you found yourself right beside me in bed, with all your possessions under my name....was the coca mate...
 
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Fangio said:
Pelusa thinks he is a solar sytem treasure..he will be pretty annoy if in Jupiter he is not known...


PD: JC won't let this go without some Pele remark
He will pleased to know then that my sources have told me that he is know in Jupiter as t he second best player ever, after Pele. That was too easy.

But considering the conditions of game in Jupiter, Gattuso and Guti are the hot players there...
 
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He will pleased to know then that my sources have told me that he is know in Jupiter as t he second best player ever, after Pele. That was too easy.
I thought you were going after the JUST solar system remark..guess I caught you working, that state doesn't suit a noble, takes the spark out of them.