Living in Spain

A friend from Madrid called me last night. The conversation was more or less the same as it has been for the past 25 years.
“How’s it goin’, Mike?,” says I
“Oh you know, the same ol’ s**t,” says he.
“And the family?”
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Given their obsession with inventing compound words, the Americans have still not managed to reduce the number (and certainly not the size) of words they use to express themselves. In any televised newscast, tautology reigns supreme. The result of anything must be qualified as ‘end’ or ‘final.’ Outcomes are always [...]

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There were five old man at the barber’s, and the one thing they had in common was that all were practically bald.
“I’ll come back when you’re less busy,” I said to the barber, assessing the amount of hair he had to cut and assuming he would be ready for me in [...]

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I was on my way to my annual ITV test the other day, anxious about the state of my decrepit old car but happy about how safe we all are on the roads, with drivers who have passed stringent driving tests in vehicles checked regularly for road worthiness.
My own knowledge [...]

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Those kind people from Movistar have been calling me regularly over the past few weeks, offering me a gadget I can stick in my computer to access the Internet fast. The conversation tends to go around in circles.
“I would take it, but I believe it will not work any faster [...]

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