Since I’m not going to be able to match this page, let me just ask you why people, when confronted by armed men who tell them to repeat difficult words, don’t take the easy way out: “Eh?! Speak up mate! Nah, sorry, left me hearing aid at home.”
Gerry Dawes says his blog is about “Spanish gastronomy, wines, travel and culture”. Actually it seems to be pretty much solidly about Gerry drinking, which is much more useful. (Thanks Pete.)
A friend shares a Pyrenean hamlet with a couple of keen boarhunters, who keep their hounds savage by not feeding them very much. On Saturday she took pity on a puppy and gave it something to eat. When we spoke this morning her voice was almost drowned out by some 30 ravenous beasts howling outside…
… on Argentine streets, here. Brings to mind the guy who used to carry photos of someone else’s family around in his wallet because he didn’t want to die with a nurse laughing at parents as ugly as his.
