Monday, June 18, 2007

Goddammit I'm on the internet while in Athens

While looking up the details on the tram I want to take to the beaches of Glydfada tomorrow, the first paragraph of the main page struck me as too tragic not to share. Bold has been added by the douchbag with the sunburned forehead.

"Forty years ago Prime Minister Constantine Karamanlis (the first one) was photographed proudly tearing up the tracks for the original tram of Athens, which in the eyes of many people signified the switch from being a city where people relied on public transportation to one where everyone has their own car. This led to the Athens of the last three decades, choked with pollution and traffic, where getting from one side of the city to another required a lot of patience or some imaginative routes, which as more people discovered them also became choked with traffic. It might be said that when the Athenians embraced the automobile they screwed up Athens completely. "
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Addendum: A big hello to the person in England who found this website by typing "I wet myself today" into Google!

4 comments:

Shawn M. said...

i wet myself today
please help

Also, tragedy is fun? Hey, perhaps you'll like this link then:

Gore on G8 Summit

The man is good. Take this statement he made, for example: "The eight most powerful nations gathered and were unable to do anything except to say 'We had good conversations and we agreed that we will have more conversations, and we will even have conversations about the possibility of doing something in the future on a voluntary basis perhaps.'"

Run. For. President!

Anonymous said...

Have you been hammered with the nail of ouzo yet? It is a cruel nail.

Oliver Brackenbury said...

I'd like to know WHAT is the big deal with Ouzo?

More than one person built it up to be a grand beast.

I discovered it to be like drinking sugary black licorice. LA DEE DA

Anonymous said...

My understanding is that like cheap red wine, it can lead to a wicked hangover.