If Puerto Rico becomes a state, popular Krispy Kreme stores would need close.
So, we were in San Juan this weekend and went over to La Fortaleza, the official residence of Republican pro-statehood governor Luis Fortuño. We asked for an interview, but Fortuño wasn’t home. (Bummer, we had brought coffee to chat.)
Instead, we did a video of the TOP 10 REASONS THAT PUERTO RICO WILL NEVER BECOME A STATE:
For those who don’t want to watch the video (and you should since my little sis Vanessa is in it), here is the latest Top 10 List:
10. You would need to change the kilometer signs to miles.
9. You would need to add actual numbers to over 8 million buildings and street signs. We estimate this to be about $3 billion in additional costs.
8. The drinking age would be raised to 21 from the current age of 12.
7. You could not take your “whiskey to go” on the drive back home.
6. The speed limit signs would need to change from miles to kilometers.
5. NO MISS UNIVERSE!!!!! Wha?
4. So long to the Puerto Rican Olympic Team. (Sidenote: One of my cousins is a sports doctor for some of the Puerto Rican national teams. He would be out of job. Another job loss under Fortuño.)
3. No Krispy Kreme stores. No more late-night runs to eat donuts.
2 . No casinos, unless we become an Indian Reservation.
1. No accents in signs. So Mayagüez would be Mayaguez, Rincón would be Rincon, and so forth.
TWO MORE BREAKING REASONS
- No LIVE BANDS playing at 11 am!
- No more pigeons. All the pigeons would gone. And kids wold be sad.
So, what would you add?
“Theas wicked music playin!”
I love it!
Pissa!!!!
Man Julito this video made me laugh. But you have so many truths to it especially regarding the live music blaring at 11:00 am. That is the same thing with the tumba cocos and restricting loud music from cars. The first ones who use those ungodly things to disturb the peace are the politicians during the elections.
LOL, abrazos, Lucy. ¿Favor de compartir con tus redes?
You’re too funny bro! We can see where Miguel gets his videomaking skills from… Another reason, is that politicians would need to relearn corruption. They would have to be corrupt American style rather than the current way of PR corruption 🙂
Ha! excellent point!
Almost nothing of what you said is true. Yes the drinking age would go up and casino’s would need a look at, but there would be terms to Puerto Rico becoming a state; and if a had to guess it would include some sort of allotted time for a gradual transition. Also I lived in Puerto Rico many years, and guess what, there are GPS’s everywhere there, and houses do have numbers, its just that people tend not to use them unless there mailbox is outside of their house (most mailboxes their are in a centralized area of a street). All that would be needed for that change is home owners going out and buying the house number from home depot or somewhere.
Land is also surveyed there, so not only do land owners have an address they now the reach of it as well. There are already laws against drinking and driving, and the accents and even the language on signs would not have to change as you stated. Have you heard of the Island chain of Hawai’i at all? Also just as every state makes up their own laws, so will PR, so statehood would only incorporate federal law.
You do know that the video was a joke, yes? I didn’t know I would be taken seriously. Thanks for the comment!