Statistics crack me up.
Apparently the Czech Republic is the place to be, as statistically proven. I must tell P.about this. The gay love of my life, who dreaded going back (mainly because he was gay but also because he didn’t feel like being drafted. No, I’m not talking iron-curtain days.).
It could have something to do with his mad (famous artist) father shooting chickens in the street and his (certifiably) mad brother stealing the passports (incl. mine) of all the friends who stayed with him during his own brief (administrative) visits at his (beer-loving) mum's. I loved the view from his appartment over the Jewish cemetery.
I think P. might actually be back in the Czech Republic now. He once got offered to work on the set of Mission Impossible (Part-so-many). He was tempted. Being a (gay) immigrant is not always what it is cut out to be either. Not once you get involved with the restaurant maffia as we were.
I can only imagine he is drinking more than mummy now, just like daddy. Apple-tree-falling springs to mind. Boy, did we drink a lot back then! It's what running a tearoom does to you! He might have cleaned up his act entirely. He is a Cappy after all: late-bloomers, youthful and freer-spirited in older age. Though somehow I doubt he's gone tea-total like I have had to.
One thing I learned from my trip “home” with him is don’t give beer to the certifiably insane. Another thing is: don’t move to Czech Republic if you are a vegetarian. Things could have changed, and it may be the hippest, greenest, most progressive place on earth now. Just like Greece, also high up in the ranks in those same statistics, as a top location for the perfect (family) life. Gotta love feta cheese.
I love statistics, especially since they are used for a very special purpose. For example: some governments like to show how unemployment went down, without showing how many people got off unemployment benefits without getting employment.
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Another great statistic for my statistic on how statistics are all they can ever be cut out to be: statistc! (Hmmm.... might make the next great swear-word: ggrrrr, you Statistic!!)
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Oh no, I've become a statistic in the statistics. How statistic.
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great your post
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You might be one of those people who kinda dig statistics? You write highly informative posts which suggest a scientific mind. Fortunately I haven't come across too many statistics! Your posts are still pleasant with a personal touch! Shall be following you to make sure you don't slip into statistics! Then again, it may give me something to jot about if you do!
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So much human misery, but statistics are not human.
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You are so right there!
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Good writing
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Whoa, that picture brings back some memories. It's been 17 years since I walked through that cemetery for the first time. Stealing passports? Total dick move. Hard to believe Czech being near top of the heap in Europe (at least according to the stats), but it has been a long while since I've been there...and things change so much.
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For me it's been even longer ago! Time to book anothother trip. I had no clue you could walk through a Jewish cemetry.
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