The Irish Republic is on the not so coveted cochon-bacon team.
The ingredient list on my carton of Irish McCann's breakfast oats lists these
added nutrients, all required by law:
Calcium, ferric iron, B vitamins - niacin/pyridoxine/folic
acid/thiamine/riboflavine, vitamin A.
I had commented earlier about the social values of Europe's newly evolved
cloven hoofed species.
Now for Russia: This month's issue of Atlantic magazine has this to say -
Bribes accounted for 20 percent of Russia's GDP in 2005. Their value rose from
33 billion dollars to 400 billion during Putin's presidency that ended three
years ago.
It appears they rarely lack for admiring followers/imitators across much of the
globe.
Frederic: Chilly Cuisine - Frank McCourt, the Irish literature Noble
winner and irrepressible humourist liked to talk about the not so
felicitous aftermath of church fair curry dinners around his Dublin slum in the
30's. Those were pre-flush toilet days and removal involved dumping the
contents of pots from upper floors directly into a horse drawn town cistern
cart. Not funny, certainly not for the carter.
Hungry kids: none around Dabolim, strays get the food I swipe off the galley
buffet on long haul flights. eric.
