Despite many people thinking otherwise, no, I’m not in fact Mexican. However, this has not stopped a great many people at work wishing me a happy Cinco de Mayo. Something made all the more amusing as I work in the UK, but with a large number of Americans. Apparently, on May 5th, 1862, the Mexicans beat the French (quelle surprise!) at the Battle of Puebla.

And here, I always thought that Cinco de Mayo was simply an excuse for the Americans to eat tacos and drink bad tequila. I suppose we learn something every day…