Also finished at breakneck speed prior to going to Japan - ha ha! I LOVE GOTHS THEY'RE ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANT!
I was a shocked on a recent cinema visit to find that the process of buying a ticket had become totally automated and that there was no human being in the lobby who could tell you about anything other than the price of sweets. The queue for these refreshments was thus horrendous, but, thirsty as I was, I had to join up and wait. As I wrestled with the familiar sensation that everything that makes life bearable is being systematically destroyed, I noticed that the couple in front of me were talking about television.
Man “ Did you see Panorama, about how china are funding the Sudan? Brilliant! The trouble is China will never go on the record as saying anything.”
Woman “Well they just do things differently?”
Man “Yeah, but still…”
Woman “It’s just a different mind set, the Chinese mind set.”
Man “I suppose.”
Woman “ I took the boys to Camden, they absolutely loved it, Max bought a sort of a cap.”
Man “They’ll turn into little Goths.”
Woman “They were saying, ‘everyone here is crazy, if you dressed like this at home you’d get slated’. And it’s true”
Man “Do the kids take after you, you think?”
Woman “Well they are very open minded.”
Man “Meaning what?”
Woman “I mean I took them for an Ethiopian meal last night and they thought it was great ”
Man “I can’t stand that place.”
Woman “There you go then.”
Article by Michael Holden
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