Ministry of Silly Walks

Didn't see it, but loved the Paul Merton series. Did you see the one with the Chinese Fawlty Towers hotel? That was hilarious!

I was going to post this separately. You HAVE to watch channel 4 on Friday at 8pm, A Place In Spain: Costa Chaos. It features the strangest person I've ever seen either on T V or in real life. He has the largest nose in the world, he has comically large glasses with magnifying lenses in and he's monumentally stupid. He was attempting to change a gas canister with a cigarette in his mouth. The camera man fearing for his own life had to step in. "Rocco - the cigarette." "Oh yeh" says Rocco. He also has a girlfriend who reminds me of Cindi Lauper but more quirky. It's car crash tele best watched from behind the sofa. I'm putting money on that he's in the next Big Brother.

I just hope they never produce offspring.

That Michael Palin clip was great Tony. I'm off to India in a couple of weeks to hopefully experience that kind of stuff at first hand.

Well there's a thing Tony. I'm off to Bangalore. It's like my home town. My parents grew up in Bangalore and my sister was born there and they spoke so much about it that I feel I know it intimately, except I've never been there. I'm actually visiting 13 blood relatives who I've never met. I've spoken to some of them by phone and they sound like lovely people. I'll take your advice about 'wandering' time. That's the kind of holiday I prefer.

India is in my Top Five Countries to Spend At Least Six Months Travelling Around In list. Loved the video, Tony, especially the fans in the hats and the handshake at the end! Although I paused a moment to reflect on just how stupid and artificial the Pakistan/India border is (indeed, any national border); and whether or not the world would be an easier place if we did away with borders altogether. But this of course opens up all sorts of cans of worms in regard to global economics, etc. How would the world cope? Go back to the barter system?

The barter system sounds good! ;) pe ps oid Blogs! "the art of tea" "that's an odd courgette"

Yes, I was being a bit facetious, but actually I think the barter system is quite sensible. That way we would eradicate such things as 'middle management' and 'quality inspectors'. But imagine the chaos as corporations went bust! I frankly think we humans have a little more evolving to do before we could realistically accept such things as 'no borders' and 'barter systems'. *sigh* It's a nice thought, though. No more horrid passport photos!

I think the ceremony at the Wagah Border has turned out to be a ritual. This part of the Indo-Pak border is heavily guarded, but elsewhere along the line of control, cross-border terrorism and infiltration is at the rise. August 15, India is celebrating her 60th Independence Day. The tricolour flag will fly high, but, my city Delhi is under security blanket. 'Freedom' and 'Independence' are words to be given a thought.

"But imagine the chaos as corporations went bust! ... ;-) pe ps oid Blogs! "the art of tea" "that's an odd courgette"