Parentopia Caption Contest Winner Is Announced: ¡Felicidades,Ashley!
The winning caption was submitted by
Ashley
Cancun Club Med Restaurant:
Waiter: Hola Senorita, would you like to order a drink?
Devra: Si, graco. I would like a Pina Colada. Muito Graco.
Aviva: Devra! That's Gracias you idiot, not Graco.
When we first posted our contest, we told you the winning entry had to be “pretty damn funny.” Problem is, we read your entries and quite a few of them met our criteria. This entry, however, did stand out. Unbeknownst to the person who submitted it, the entry complimented the back story regarding what happened prior to our posing with the pilfered portable play yard.
When we noticed Graco products being used at Club Med, we decided to send Graco's PR department a “Wish You Were Here” Twitpic. But what to use? How about a stroller?
Together, Aviva and I set off to find a stroller and figured one might be parked near the Mini Club. We arrived at the Mini Club only to discover our timing was off and all of the kids were at lunch. In order to understand what happened next, you need to know neither of us are fluent in Spanish; we both understand and speak French. However, Devra went to college in Tucson, AZ where she learned enough Spanish to help her in an emergency. Key phrases such as:
“How much is the beer?”
and
“Where is the bathroom?”
Even if you only know one romance language, you can piece together awkward sentences in others. This made our walk back to the beach even more interesting. As we were walking along the breezeway, we noticed a GO walking about 20 paces in front of us. He had just passed by two female housekeeping staff members. A few seconds later, it was our turn and we overheard their conversation.
Our rough translation of what was said: “That man has very a cute butt.”
When we both turned around to grin conspiratorially at the women, they were gone. In their place appeared the Graco crib. Immediately we shifted gears to a different sort of conspiracy. Each grabbed an end of the crib and we zoomed over to the Mini Club to snap the picture. Seeing that we were struggling a bit with our camera's auto timer, a passing GM offered to take our picture. And he did. As we were about to stealthily return the crib, the housekeeping staff emerged and it was clear they were looking for the contraband item. As soon as the two of them ducked into another room to search for it, we zoomed back over and deposited the pilfered play yard right back where we'd found it. Our timing was perfect. The staff came back out of the room and happened upon the play yard. They appeared a bit confused as they spoke.
Our rough translation: “I thought it was here. Then it was gone. And now it's back.”
Congratulations Ashley!
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