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Clearly adversely affected by the overnight return of wintery squalls, V-Grrrl has opened up a dialogue with a long piece of plastic.V-Grrrl: So Keyboard, what are we going to write about today? I owe Expatica a blog entry on life in Belgium, and I think my Muse is vacationing in Spain.
Muse is vacationing in Spain
Keyboard: Oh Spain. Wouldn’t it be great to be THERE right now. The food, the architecture, the Mediterranean, the SUN. Give it to me!
V-Grrrl: I wish I could. This time of year in Belgium it seems the wind just sweeps in one howling squall after another.
Keyboard: No wonder your Muse went to Spain. Belgium’s tourism slogan should be: Gray skies, green grass, and horizontal rain.
V-Grrrl: Oh sure, Keyboard, people would come in droves to experience THAT. I can see the tourists sending postcards home. A photo of Manneken Pis on the front and on the back a single line: "I came here for the beer and chocolate but all I got was wet!"
Keyboard: No, no, no—I’ve got a better one! "I came here for the beer and chocolate and all I got was pissed!"
V-Grrrl: Ha, ha ha! How about "I came here for the beer and chocolate and all I got was FAT!"
Keyboard: Um, V, that’s not funny. all I got was Mannekin-ed
V-Grrrl: Sigh. You’re right. It’s not funny. It’s TRUE! Sheesh, the expat fat is depressing me.
Keyboard: Yeah, and it’s really DEPRESSING the desk chair. I’m glad I get to sit ON your lap and not UNDER it.
V-Grrrl: That’s quite enough, Keyboard! You’re hurting my feelings.
Keyboard: And you’re hurting the chair! Ha, ha, ha. OK, OK, OK, I’m sorry. I didn’t mean it. Have a piece of chocolate. You’ll feel better.
March 6, 2007
V-Grrrl
© 2007 Veronica McCabe Deschambault and V-Grrrl. All rights reserved.
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