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ciroccoj ([personal profile] ciroccoj) wrote2005-03-27 04:25 pm

tired and shagged out following a prolonged squawk

... still reading/writing about the G20 and the L20 and America's stubborn obstructionism when it comes to global welfare and Canada's smug self-congratulatory idealistic rhetorical prowess coupled with practical paralysis regarding same. At one point, reading some decidedly British-dialect papers, I recalled a story of a British teenager, hanging out with a bunch of Canadian teens, who leaned back in his seat in weariness and said with deep feeling, "God, I need a fag!!"

!!

?!

??!!

said the Canadians.

Blink blink.

"You know, a fag. I left my pack at home. Anybody have one? Oh, and a lighter, too?"