On This Cinco (hol) de Mayo

[Joe Varo]

On Mon, 5 May 1997, Henry Musikar wrote:

> Just got canned, so this will be my last OTD for a while. (Should 
> have more time to read M&D and study for Jeopardy.)
> [...]

First off...Henry -- sorry to hear about the loss of employment.  Was it
something you expected or something from out-of-the-blue?

Secondly...what the hell is this "Cinco de Mayo" stuff.  Before this year
I'd never heard of such a thing but now I'm seeing all kinds of stores
having Cinco de Mayo sales, it was mentioned on "King of the Hill" this
past Sunday.  What is it (some kind of Latin American holiday?) and why
the sudden surge in popularity?

Thirdly...M&D sure as hell has increased the p-list volume -- I found over
100 p-list messages in my box this morning...and no duplicates.

Joe