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Trevor @ Friday May 11th 2007 16:17

What is the connection (if any) between the symbol on this house in Sin, Huesca, and that of the Día supermarket chain?

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Sin really does exist. Here’s the sign:

One would obviously like to live in it, at least for a while, but owners are reluctant to sell.
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Charles Butler
May 11th 2007 18:56
Trevor,

Here’s one to add to the collection of language-not-fully-comprehended anecdotes you might maintain.

My aunt Fé, d.e.p., upon asking the waitress for water to accompany her meal at a local spot, was responded to with, “¿Con gas o líquida?”. Guíscanos.
Trevor ap Simon
May 11th 2007 19:39
You laugh, but that waitress went on to write a bestselling physics textbook for use in secondary schools.
guirilandia
May 13th 2007 14:39
i always knew DIA was a den of Sin

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