tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9457805.post1081593565995393669..comments2024-01-06T10:31:34.575-08:00Comments on Across Difficult Country: Dispatches from here and abroadC. Van Carterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09918883799053031223noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9457805.post-64311576402616849252008-05-31T11:48:00.000-07:002008-05-31T11:48:00.000-07:00I had no idea I would develop an unhealthy fascina...I had no idea I would develop an unhealthy fascination with newspaper reports from that area.C. Van Carterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09918883799053031223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9457805.post-7690152937999401392008-05-29T15:39:00.000-07:002008-05-29T15:39:00.000-07:00I had no idea that Garton-on-the Wolds was an East...I had no idea that Garton-on-the Wolds was an East Riding of Yorkshire community.zielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03669293146969638930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9457805.post-55374387490757218142008-05-28T21:50:00.000-07:002008-05-28T21:50:00.000-07:00A guy near me opened a Greek gyro shop next to a C...A guy near me opened a Greek gyro shop next to a Chinese restaurant owned by a fellow from Dandong. He loved to taunt him for his funny Chinese accent, asking him "what's today's special, Chinaman? FLIED LICE?". So the man from Dandong took some English speech lessons and improved his pronunciation. The next time the smart alecky Greek asked him what the special of the day was, the Chinaman told him "its FRIED RICE, you FLUCKING GLEEK!"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9457805.post-14787277102199018382008-05-28T11:31:00.000-07:002008-05-28T11:31:00.000-07:00In a way it sounds like what Radiohead should titl...In a way it sounds like what Radiohead should title their next album.C. Van Carterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09918883799053031223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9457805.post-89710166444091603642008-05-28T02:53:00.000-07:002008-05-28T02:53:00.000-07:00A "brick attack in Wetwang" sounds very painful.A "brick attack in Wetwang" sounds very painful.Mercurius Aulicushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05130901970855873480noreply@blogger.com