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While my wife and I were walking to the mall in Cancun, Mexico, a street vendor stopped us and tried to sell us something. I wanted to press on so I said 'We'll be back' in Spanish. He looked amused and asked me ¿Qué?, so I repeated ¡Revolvemos! I kept wondering why he thought it was funny. Hours later, I realized I had said 'We are stirring'...

Editor's note: The phrase needed was Volvemos luego - 'We'll be back later'.

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