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Yesterday I got a text message on my phone. Not that its unheard of, I have a friend who sends them to me somewhat frequently. What was surprising is that this wasn't a message from her. It wasn't sent by anyone I know either. It wasn't even sent from this country. You see I was the recipient of a text message from someone in Mexico and the message was in Spanish.

I know me some Spanish. About enough to know when someone is talking shit about me or enough to get in a fight. These are survival skills in California. However I had no idea what this message said. It clearly wasn't calling me an asshole so my Spanish was exhausted. I found a bi-lingual co-worker and had him look at it. He couldn't make it out either.

The problem was that it was short hand Spanish. Just like how people text abbreviate for English things like text - txt or even the horrific lol - "laughing out loud." Normally that second example is followed with someone being stabbed in the face for being a moron and using that phrase in the first place. This was along the same lines yet in another language.

I wish there was a punchline to this story but its a simple as it sounds. It was strange and odd. I've gotten wrong numbers before but they've always been from this country. I'll have to post about something more exciting next time. I'll be sure to make up a good story about someone's face getting blown on 4th of July. Yeah, that would be better.