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Next Saturday Today
I’ve been invited out for a meal by a group of ex-students. They say that
there are only two things in life that are certain – death and taxes. But
there are actually three. Whenever you are invited to dinner by students they
will invariably choose one of those restaurants that a) specializes in serving
up spectacularly average sea-food b)
can seat 4,000 Thai customers at the same time c) is near the river, and d) has
a menu the size of the Koran. And
yet after an entirety spent ordering, re-ordering and then calling back the
waiter to change the order a third time, what arrives at the table?
………….shrimp-cakes. Always bloody shrimp-cakes. Why don’t these
restaurants just present their customers with an A4 sheet of paper with
shrimp-cakes printed on it in a size
48 font. And
so the evening passes pleasantly enough with a group of eight people nibbling
excitedly on shrimp-cakes and the teacher answering time-honored questions such
as “Why do you live in Thailand?” and the perpetually vague “What about
your country?” And
I realize that I’ve still got Monday’s lessons to prepare. |
