I seem to have been dashing headlong from one thing to another all day. Of course I spent large parts of it sitting still (mostly in various meetings) so the headlong rush was illusory.Exile #2 was talking to another Mom at school today who is involved in some way in one of the presidential candidate's campaigns. She observed that politics here in the US was rather 'dirty' compared with her European home country:
Exile #2: There seems to be a lot of money involved.
Political Mom: At home that would be illegal - we call it 'bribery'.
I wish I could say the same about the UK's increasingly (it seems from afar) money-driven political system.
It also reminded me of another great US invention: jaywalking. It is fantastic that they have made a crime with a fancy name out of something that the rest of the world calls "crossing the road". Fortunately, there is no need for any road-crossing during the bus-catching process - running around on the other hand is virtually compulsory.
Runnin' around, Lookin' up, lookin' down. Difficult to lose something as big as a B-52 though.
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I've created a pop-punning monster!
ReplyDeleteDidn't intend this one - but thanks for bringing a bit of B-52s magic to the party.