Johnny Mañana's - Oceanside
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Paco had a very good eating place in Ensenada where he was famous for serving big, tasty, healthy meals. He was also good at making friends- especially Americans with good appetites and the dollars to pay for his big healthy meals. One of his friends was Johnny who knew enough Spanish to get by- "Buenos dias, senorita. Una cerveza. Gracias and no dinero but manana." On one trip to Ensenada, Johnny bought a sombrero, a sarape and a bottle of tequila. He had lots of fun, but next morning he woke up in front of Paco's- mucho hungover, mucho hungry and only one dollar left In his pocket. No problem-Johnny Manana (by now everyone In that small pueblo knew him by that name) would go in and order one of Paco's big, healthy meals, give Paco the $1 bill and pay the rest manana. But Paco had had enough. He told Johnny no more manana. Johnny went outside and did some creative thinking. He took out his pen and got artistic. He went back to Paco holding a $4 bill, enough for a big, healthy mea
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