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Days Like This
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I hope you’re not suggesting that I was making funky advances on the young lady who has deliberately and wantonly stationed her bottom inches away from my manly area?
I’m sure the culture nonsense can be exhausting at times but the biriyani is an incredibly kind gesture, don’t you think? I read once that sharing food is deeply significant.
I chuckled at your lamentation regarding the decline of proper English because of the U.S. influence and yet you use “groovetastic” a few paragraphs later. Is that a British colloquialism? I don’t think so.
Nice dodge at the bar. Well played.
Yes, it’s mean to complain–it was a very nice gesture and it’s churlish to say otherwise, really. I’m glad we’ve finally broken the ice.
Er… good point re “groovtastic” but I would wriggle out of that one by saying that I think it’s naturalised English (cough).
And thanks–was quite relieved she didn’t ask for a double G&T or something!
Oh botheration, you’re right. From the Shorter OED:
groovy […]
3. slang (orig. US). Playing, or capable of playing, jazz or similar music easily and brilliantly; appreciative of such music; sophisticated; hence, generally, excellent. 1937.
after two weeks in Turkey, i’ve found ‘mainstream’ Muslim culture to be delightful, friendly and comfortable. i think it was a lovely gesture, and your effort certainly did not go unappreciated…possibly uneaten, but not unappreciated.
i kind of like the idea of halal. if i only buy halal meats, i can be sure that someone made a decent effort to spare the animal unnecessary pain while being slaughtered. something sort of sweet about that…
Although being on holiday for a short period in a relatively liberal Muslim country makes it easier to overlook Islam’s misogyny and patriarchal authoritarianism. But then holidays per se involve selective vision.
I know very little about halal but a superficial reading suggests it’s far better than the hideous practices of factory farming, of which, most Westerners simply don’t want to know.
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