Magic Cream

After doing some intense Semana Santa walking (/running to keep up with my mom) in the sun (with [tight] jeans).  I seemed to have developed slight jock itch. 

I was not sure how to remedy the situation because my Spanish vocab does not include hygenic terminology that includes something of this specificity.  This being said, I felt that I could whether the storm and try to live with it. 

After a day or two, I finally decided that something needed to be done.  After walking by several pharmacies, I finally found an empty one with only guys behind the counter.   Having no other vocabulary at hand, I politely, and in the classiest way I could,  tried to present my situation.  I said (with a smirk) to one of the pharmicists, “So I`m not sure how to say it in Spanish, but do you have any medicine for when your balls itch?”.  All 5 of the guys behind the counter then proceeded to attempt keeping a straight face.  The majority of them then “went to look for the medicine” (while laughing) and came back with a little box in hand. 

I then proceeded to read the box.  Shampoo.  The box also included pictures of green cartoonish bugs.  “¿Este es si tu tienes animalitos? (This is if you have little animals/bugs?).  Everybody then started laughing again.  “Haha, no no no, glad I don`t have that problem…  No, cream, do you have any cream?”.  (Meanwhile, the guy doing the inventory on the computer was loving this). 

One of the guys returned with a box labeled “Magic Cream”.   “This will fix it”. 

We (my mom was there to witness this whole thing) then left with cream in hand and everybody laughing.   

Semana Santa…