Sunday 31 January 2010

Saturday 30 January 2010

says yes but doesn't give you the drink

And laughs at the foreigners when they ask again. Because it's a game. To get your beer. In a bar.

Friday 29 January 2010

can park in front of their door

Kind of. If there's no other cars around.

Thursday 28 January 2010

Wednesday 27 January 2010

cycles 4-person trolley bikes in groups

But talks on their mobile the whole time to pretend they're not really doing it and have far better and cooler things to do.

Tuesday 26 January 2010

plays African drums while watching skateboarders

While not actually being African themselves

Monday 25 January 2010

leaves pizza in the lobby

So you can smell it as you get home and then ruin your dinner because all you can think about is freshly-cooked PIIIIIIIZZZZZZZZZZZAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!

Sunday 24 January 2010

waits one million years and 3 minutes for the light to change

If you're a pedestian, that is. It's longer than eternity.

Saturday 23 January 2010

Friday 22 January 2010

fires gunshots in the alley

Not really, they just slam the lids on the municipal bins harder than necessary.

Thursday 21 January 2010

got their super bonobus awesome ticket

Even though bonobus sounds a bit dodgy, like a hyperactive monkey.

Wednesday 20 January 2010

passes you by on their bike twice

They look like they're moving but they still arrive at the same time as a walker.

Tuesday 19 January 2010

and I mean everyone, is jogging tonight

Passed at least 200 people at various speeds. Or more accurately, they did the passing. Included was two entire youth football teams with their studs/cleats on.

Monday 18 January 2010

has a granadilla

Which looks like bread with goop inside.

Sunday 17 January 2010

categorises nationalities in wide swathes

Everyone Asian is Chinese.
Everyone Arabic is Moorish.
Everyone who speaks English natively is English, except for nationalities such as Phillippino, who would be classed as Chinese.
Everybody who is blond and not native English-speaking is Northern (Swedish, Norwegian, etc.)
Everyone else is foreigner.

Saturday 16 January 2010

saw blood in the street

Or strawberry juice, or jam. Let's not jump to conclusions.

Friday 15 January 2010

(in the metro) deliberately causes jubbling while walking

And why wouldn't she. They were spectacular. Sorry for lack of photo, it would be arrestable to have taken one.

Thursday 14 January 2010

(in Madrid) shouts obvious answers out in pub quizzes

From the crowd reactions, not everyone felt it was that obvious.

Wednesday 13 January 2010

Tuesday 12 January 2010

reversed this blog

Anything done that does not conform is attributed to "You English are raro (weird)"

Monday 11 January 2010

has HUGE gloves

It was a small kid and possibly training to be a goalkeeper. Still. HUGE gloves.

Sunday 10 January 2010

has a drug robot in their back room

Because you need your drugs fast and robotically

Saturday 9 January 2010

serenades the neighbours

"Serenade" meaning "stands outside the window and talks for 2 hours because they have left the bar, do not want to go home but will not go to another place"

Friday 8 January 2010

must be eating nuthin' but oranges

One supermarket was just flat out of them, the second only had a few left. It's probably the snow.

Thursday 7 January 2010

is unable to use their credit card online

Because it's dangerous, or complicated, or doesn't work, or "it's asking me for codes and numbers!" or something.

Wednesday 6 January 2010

is smiling against their own volition

Because oranges, picked off trees in the street, are both unbelievably sour AND incredibly bitter.

Tuesday 5 January 2010

Monday 4 January 2010

Sunday 3 January 2010

Saturday 2 January 2010

puts gargoyles under bridges

So you'll have something to look at when you go under it.

Friday 1 January 2010

(in Madrid) was not operational

Good thing there was nothing to do in the first place.