Church
- The praying.
Brothel
- The fucking/banging/shagging/etc.
Hairdresser
- The cutting.
Funeral
parlour - The burying.
Crematorium
- The burning.
Dentist
- The drilling/filling.
Library
- The booking.
Grocers
- The greening.
Seamstress
- The stitching.
Physio
- The pummelling.
Bar
- The
pulling.
Shoe-repair
- The cobbling.
Banking
- The robbing.
Well,
you get the picture. There's the usual magnificent prize for the best
suggestion.
Talking
of Spanish . . . My elder daughter, now back in Madrid, tells me that
in Guatamala the superlative of, say, linda
is not lindisima
but relinda.
And
still on Spanish . . . One of the headlines in respect of Spain's
Sunday night defeat by Brazil included the phrase - Brazil
humaniza a España. Literally, this
means 'Brazil makes Spain more human'. But I feel 'brings Spain down
to earth' is possibly a better translation.
Back
briefly to English . . . The word 'Ta' for 'Thanks' is very common in
Liverpool and, I believe, in the north of England generally, as well
as Scotland. It's said the origin lies in the Danish for
'Thanks' - Tak.
But there are those - like one of my house-guests - who think this is
complete bollocks. To use the technical term. Are there any Danes out
there?
Long-time
readers will know that I have a large plastic owl which I
occasionally take down to Veggie Square to try to keep away the ever-more-intrusive pigeons and the occasional impudent seagull. While I
was partaking of a swift shandy elsewhere last night I noticed there was a
similar owl on a pedestal between my table and the next one. You can
judge its efficaciousness from the fact there were 3 pigeons eating crumbs on the
latter.
Will
the crisis see the end of the institution of bullfighting? I rather doubt it
but the fullness of time - maybe 30 years - almost certainly will.
Click here for more on the current travails of the fiesta
nacional.
Will
France beat the UK to an EU exit? It's looking increasingly likely.
Click here for news of a eurosceptic who's doing rather better than Nigel
Farage of UKIP.
Finally
in this series of major questions . . . Can
Pope Francis call a halt to the corruption gnawing at the heart of
the Catholic Church?
With a little help from his Friend, perhaps. Click here for more.
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