Tuesday, September 21, 2004
Ways in which Slovenia was like Kazakhstan
1. Bears, definitely some bears, and the drink "bear's blood", as well as a popular local dish, the "bear's claw", consisting of pork stuffed with ham, and wrapped in bacon. Mmmmm...a magical animal.
2. Schnapps and beer chasers, drunk any time from breakfast onwards, for any reason.
3. Disco dancing, to the macarena, and many other fine western hits of the early nineties.
4. A huge sum of danger money payable to Hertz in Austria for being foolish enough to take one of their precious cars across the border. Worst drivers ever in Slovenia, probably because of all the schnapps and beer chasers.
Ways in which Slovenia was not like Kazakhstan
1. Jaw droppingly beautiful alpine scenery; endless rolling vistas of mountains, lakes, and cows with bells.
2. Jaw droppingly beautiful women. Since the GF reads this slavishly, this may be a little unguarded, but the girls of Ljubliana make London look like Ugly Town.
3. Captain Hook cocktails, (unavailable in Kazakhstan), but traditionally drunk by revellers in Slovenia, on Talk Like A Pirate Day, to ward off the cursed scurvy aaaah!
4. Just being an idyllic place for a long weekend away. None of the stress of modern life, no gypsy catching, nor parrying the "jew claw", just extreme relaxation.Britain makes its bid for world's most powerful sandwich: The Manwich P2P file sharing for Nokia 6600 unlikely to be a hit at the extortionate £5/Mb O2 charge me. Boris Johnson starts blogging, at what he amusingly calls his "blogsite". Meet Klayco. brandalism + animals = branimalism? Slate get hold of a copy of the letter used by Ali G producers to dupe guests/suckers, and snooping (by me) reveals fake website to back up the con.
1. Bears, definitely some bears, and the drink "bear's blood", as well as a popular local dish, the "bear's claw", consisting of pork stuffed with ham, and wrapped in bacon. Mmmmm...a magical animal.
2. Schnapps and beer chasers, drunk any time from breakfast onwards, for any reason.
3. Disco dancing, to the macarena, and many other fine western hits of the early nineties.
4. A huge sum of danger money payable to Hertz in Austria for being foolish enough to take one of their precious cars across the border. Worst drivers ever in Slovenia, probably because of all the schnapps and beer chasers.
Ways in which Slovenia was not like Kazakhstan
1. Jaw droppingly beautiful alpine scenery; endless rolling vistas of mountains, lakes, and cows with bells.
2. Jaw droppingly beautiful women. Since the GF reads this slavishly, this may be a little unguarded, but the girls of Ljubliana make London look like Ugly Town.
3. Captain Hook cocktails, (unavailable in Kazakhstan), but traditionally drunk by revellers in Slovenia, on Talk Like A Pirate Day, to ward off the cursed scurvy aaaah!
4. Just being an idyllic place for a long weekend away. None of the stress of modern life, no gypsy catching, nor parrying the "jew claw", just extreme relaxation.
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