In an attempt to cool my rage at Scientologists I took a stroll in to town with Hjallis. First, I handed in the document confirming that Elin and I are legally permitted to be married. A mere 39 days to go!
Then I thought I might stroll down and have a quick perusal of what Malmöfestivalen has to
offer. I shouldn't have. Worthless tat is once again the order of the day. By the time I'd reached the third stand I'd given up hope. I like trying new foods but when I have to walk through huge crowds of people past endless rows of vendors purveying worthless rubbish it just puts me off! Here is what I wish people wouldn't try to sell to me:
- black hoodies with names of various rubbish metal bands
- wind chimes
- ridiculously overpriced balloons
- ponchos, panpipes, pashminas, paintings and 'palestinian' scarves. I know of, and symapthise with, the plight of palestinians in the OPT. Wearing a scarf doesn't improve that knowledge. Makes me look like a fool though!
- bloody langos
- Finally (although I really could go on for days) t-shirts sporting motifs such as the following:
They are just terrible!
I once saw a couple on a train with matching wolf t-shirts in this syle. Astounding! One thing that did make me happy whilst at the festival was hearing a man who apparently could only speak in sentences of one word. It went a little bit like this:
Man: Tjena!
friend: Hej. Roligt att se dig
Man: Läget?
friend: bara bra, tack
Man: Skönt
friend: Ja
Man: Semester?
other: Ja, det har jag. Några dagar kvar bara, tråkigt nog.
Man: Detsamma
other: Men du, du får ha det så bra!
Man: Detsamma
other: Hej då!
Man: Hej!
Top work! No energy needlessly wasted on an excess of words. I could learn a thing or two from him.
At 5pm I went to an Öppet Hus at Orkanen regarding my upcoming teaching studies. Little information gathered but I got a notebook, a bottle, a pen and snazzy bag to carry said freebies in. Score! We, then, had visitors in the form of Si, Mizzle and baby Milla. Admiration of new baby. Board games played. Few beers drank. Crap jokes made. Very nice indeed.
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