Para los not Colombians le pueden dar un vistazo para entender un poco de la ideosincracia Colombiana... Para los Colombianos la pagina entera me parecio que tiene informacion buena y mas si tienes amigos a los que les da "miedo" venir acá... Personalmente ya se la mandé a algunos amigos indecisos para que vengan al paraiso...
espero les guste...
chibchas gave papaya to the spaniards
spaniards took the papaya to Spain,
the english, french and dutch bucaneers wanted the papaya,
the spaniards lost the papaya to Bolivar and associates,
New Granada became la Gran Papaya Gran Colombia,
papaya for everybody,
Gran Colombia gave papaya to Uncle Sam,
Uncle Sam can't live without papaya,
Europeans love papaya,
we are still fighting over papaya,
make sure not to give papaya to anybody you don't know,
papaya, where are you now that I am lost in the first world?
spaniards took the papaya to Spain,
the english, french and dutch bucaneers wanted the papaya,
the spaniards lost the papaya to Bolivar and associates,
New Granada became la Gran Papaya Gran Colombia,
papaya for everybody,
Gran Colombia gave papaya to Uncle Sam,
Uncle Sam can't live without papaya,
Europeans love papaya,
we are still fighting over papaya,
make sure not to give papaya to anybody you don't know,
papaya, where are you now that I am lost in the first world?
Aparte del Articulo...
Author: Lars Brink
Don’t let people take advantage of you!
In the cultural opinion of Peter he mentions shortly the rule of Papaya. I would however say that it goes a little deeper than do not wear a miniskirt as Peter writes.
First time my good friend Alfredo - a good Colombian - told me about the papaya rule I didn’t really believe him. That was because he told me before I tried to live here in Colombia for a longer time. After living here I can see that the papaya rule is alive and well and something that the Colombians live by without even thinking about it.
Two simple sentences
The papaya rule consists of two simple sentences but underneath these lie a lot of interpretations. First let's take a look at the rules:
Rule number one: You cannot give papaya to anyone! Rule number two: If you see papaya you have to take it! These are the rules as simple as they look. But lets take a closer look at the two.
First of all the word papaya is not the main thing in the sentence. It could have been any fruit or any other object for that matter. I’m not really sure why it was papaya and not something else that was chosen, but no importa as we say.
Papaya in this context means more or less everything and even situations!
You should not do anything that lets other people take advantage of you. Here we are back with the miniskirt. If you are a girl and you wear a short skirt you are giving papaya to all the guys who look at your legs! Don’t leave your house without locking the door, don’t park your nice car in the center of town at night and don’t leave your wallet unattended.
Why not? - because you are giving papaya!
Don’t let people take advantage of you!
In the cultural opinion of Peter he mentions shortly the rule of Papaya. I would however say that it goes a little deeper than do not wear a miniskirt as Peter writes.
First time my good friend Alfredo - a good Colombian - told me about the papaya rule I didn’t really believe him. That was because he told me before I tried to live here in Colombia for a longer time. After living here I can see that the papaya rule is alive and well and something that the Colombians live by without even thinking about it.
Two simple sentences
The papaya rule consists of two simple sentences but underneath these lie a lot of interpretations. First let's take a look at the rules:
Rule number one: You cannot give papaya to anyone! Rule number two: If you see papaya you have to take it! These are the rules as simple as they look. But lets take a closer look at the two.
First of all the word papaya is not the main thing in the sentence. It could have been any fruit or any other object for that matter. I’m not really sure why it was papaya and not something else that was chosen, but no importa as we say.
Papaya in this context means more or less everything and even situations!
You should not do anything that lets other people take advantage of you. Here we are back with the miniskirt. If you are a girl and you wear a short skirt you are giving papaya to all the guys who look at your legs! Don’t leave your house without locking the door, don’t park your nice car in the center of town at night and don’t leave your wallet unattended.
Why not? - because you are giving papaya!
articulo completo http://poorbuthappy.com/colombia/node/2730
don't give papaya to anyone because:
Why not? - because you are giving papaya! 
