Our Man in Europe: Part 57: Scorpions

Part 57:  Scorpions


The frog & the Scorpion. Aesops fables, like the poetry of Pablo Neruda (one of 3 known literate people in the South American region, the others being Che Guverara`s cousin, Sergio Mendes, and the double act of Luigi & Luigi who do the best Gay Tango on the planet)) is obviously an easy read and as clear as day...like a

Mozart Aria,

a Pinot Grigio,

or Inter-net porn.

Sushi, in general, also comes to mind.

These are (ahem!) the best of times and the worst of times (depending on the Italian railway system, the Post Office, or whether the CIA is tapping your long distance phone calls)
Ask anyone!

"Everybody`s right!" -that`s what I always say.

And trying (once again) to get the perfect - pre-noon - Bloody Mary (or even an IL RENO!) in the pristine Gothic city square (platz) of Hildersheim, Germany CAN be a challenge, yet one must persevere, especially on the German calendar day AFTER "Himmel Phad" (a day of debauched drunkardness, thats origins escape me) which should righteously be re-named "DICK-day", leastways (in the immortal phrasing of my "soldier-in-arms"/songwriter-bro, Jason Eklund):

"Donkey-Dick-Day!"

It`s a NO-brainer...even for people (the Morons) who all live in Utah ( a leetle place just outside of Paris, France...OR, Texas), its "jest a`leeetle" ways out there; er? -Amigo!

(Bloody Mary... finally, finally, finally shows up!)

"Vielan danke, Happy!"

"Happy". -Bartender/waiter`s name. You KNOW it. -He`s an idiot. (You know that, too) cos he dosent have/or has to borrow the Giga-counter from his banshee, - in this case, female - wretched looking colleague so as I can pay with my (USA) Visa cred card.....and then dutifully continues to screw up the math AND this instrument of online calculation, where-as I end up paying DOUBLE the price of my wretched cocktail!

WE ARE the Frogs who ferry these jack-ass Scorpions across the river of Life. AND!....Because they are Scorpions? Trust me. They will always sting you.

c2011/june/our man in europe/dave delacroix/hildersheim/germany