But once in a while a nugget presents itself, and when life does that to me, I use it to hit people about their head. Seen in the Asian WSJ today: "Accepting confinement for 'greater good'"
The article details the travails of the guests of the Metropark Hotel in Hong Kong, who were "involuntarily confined" after one was suspected of having the swine flu. Many interesting snippets abound, but the ones that caught my eye were about a French guest, M. M. (that is "Mr. Mister." for you). First, M. M. tried to escape confinement, as he was out of the hotel when it started. But after "discussions with the consulate", he decided to check himself back in. Such sticklers for rules, then French.
Not. Clearly the consulate gave him a sneak peek into the special French dishes that are being sent to the hotel for French guests, by the French embassy: e.g., poulet a la moutarde (translation: "a piece of Moroccan"). Between such regular haute cuisine breaks, M. M. "smokes cigarettes, watches TV, surfs the Internet and waits". No mention of unclaimed knickers in the room, but we all know about that.
Finally, of the guests who agitate for freedom all the time, M. M. said: "If you have a brain, you understand the situation". Man, I too love socialism.
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