Anyway, this time tomorrow I’ll be winging my way to “still recovering from Noel” La Republica Dominicana. Just to give you an idea of how cool the Canadian anthem is, here’s a portion of a really really bad translation of the national anthem of the DR.
- Compatriots, let us proudly
- Show our face, from today prouder than ever;
- Quisqueya may be destroyed
- But a slave again, never!
- Please note Quisqueya is what the native peoples called Hispaniola. That’s one of the closing verses. The version that is on Wikipedia is so bad I suspect Haitians put it on Wikipedia just to poke the Quisqueyanos in the eye.
- I’m packed. Do I want to take my mandolin, that’s the question that’s bugging me.
- I heart Hugh Laurie. Omar Epps isn’t exactly Mr. Uggly either.
I’ll miss you!
But you can practice your aim while I’m gone. Hey, check it out – there’s now computer modelling to help you figure out when to get knocked up. http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2007-11/du-wth110707.php
I’m glad I’m not young anymore.
Well, I’m ready to call bullshit on that one. Nowhere in the article does it discuss declining fertility as a factor. (Thinking here the 35-to45 yr old former co-workers who put the baby on hold far too long, and are now going the reproductive assistance route. At least with their incomes, they can afford the payments.)