If
you saw a 20 year old sitting next to David Cameron on the dais at a
press conference, or shaking the queen's hand, you'd surely want to
know who the hell he was. Especially if he looked 15. Apparently not
here in Spain, where a young tyro called Little Fran managed to,
first, fool the establishment and, then, con it out of tens of
thousands of euros. Inevitably he grew too ambitious and tripped
himself up. Details of his escapades here. I hear Penelope Cruz will
play his mother in the film.
In a
stationery store today, I caught sight of rubber stamps labelled
URGENTE, COBRADO, PAGADO, etc. The thought struck me that, given the
endless stream of corruption cases, courts throughout the land could
usefully be furnished with stamps reading; IMPLICADO, IMPUTADO,
INCULPADO and ARESTADO. Not to mention INDULTADO for all the
politicians processed through to early release.
Which
reminds me . . . The latest twist in the Undeclared Black Cards case
is that 8 chauffeurs were also give credit cards with which to buy
whatever they were ordered to buy by senior execs in Caja Madrid. The
range of purchases was every bit as exotic (and erotic) as that of
their superiors.
Another
thought I had today is that, so widespread now is the phoney training
company scam, there must surely be scope for a Fraud Consultancy
business, to show budding cheats exactly how to do it. False
invoices, etc. Actually, I believe you can already buy lists of ghost
students and all their personal details. Small fleas on bigger fleas.And so on ad infinitum.
As
I've said, there are 4 international airports available to
Pontevedrans, within a range of 35 to 170km. When I came here 14
years ago, none of these had a direct public transport link from the
city. Not even the nearest, near Vigo. Now, just one of them does.
And this is the furthest away, in Oporto, North Portugal. Go figure,
as our cousins say.
Proving
yet again that there's one rule for the big and another for the
not-so-big, France is again defying Brussels over her deficit levels.
In France's case, this is always a win-win situation as either there's no price or Paris refuses to pay it. Well, why not, if you can get
away with it? There are some, though, who think it's indicative of
the imminent collapse of the dysfunctional EU. One can but dream.
Seneca,
Quintillian, Lucian and Martial are famous Romans born in Spain. Click here for details from The Olive Press
Finally
. . . Has anyone else noticed how rotund all the clerics were who
attended the recent Vatican synod on the family? And I used to think
I led a good life. Without the rotundness, I should stress.
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