>>>Why do you guys
>>Could you define "you guys". What group are you putting me in?
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>by that I meant "non-Brazilians". :)
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>>>always think that Brazil is a place for pirahnas, monkeys, and that sort of thing???
>>These thoughts have not emanated from my mind.
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>No problem, Gary. Ivan told me on this thread about the whole story. ;)
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>Don´t get me wrong, Gary... I mentioned that because very often when I talk to foreigners, they always think of Brazil as a big jungle, with monkeys and elephants running through the streets, or they just remember of that dammit Carnival. :)
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>Then, I´m always trying to tell people that Brazil is not like that (despite of what The Simpsons has shown). ;)

There was a movie in Russia (and I believe it's based on American movie), which called "Hello, I'm your aunt!". The famous phrase from this movie is: "I'm the aunt of Charlie from Brazil, where a lot of wild monkeys live in the forest" :)