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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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.
You laugh, but that waitress went on to write a bestselling physics textbook for use in secondary schools.
i always knew DIA was a den of Sin