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Wednesday, May 10, 2006

Twisted seductive things

A couple of days ago I went to have a meeting with one of our customers out here in Taiwan. In the car park, I was stunned to see a black VW Beetle (original shape), with a swastika on the side (yes, that globally infamous brand logo). I took a couple of snaps, and if I can get my phone to talk to my laptop again, i'll post them here. Was it driven by a Nazi sympathiser? Who knows, but probably not - I remember a former Japanese colleague of mine who, while attending the Oktoberfest in Bavarai several years ago, climbed on the table - during a particularly rapturous, climactic episode in some especially compelling Bavarian oompah band music (yeah, right) - and raised his arm in a Nazi salute. My colleagues immediately pulled him off the table before it caused a controversy. Was he a Nazi? No, he just liked armies and uniforms - you know, a twat.

I wish I had seen the Billy Wilder film 'The Lost Weekend', starring Ray Milland. There, I said it.

Anyway, brain breeze aside, I hope I can get a ticket to see 'Celine & Julie Go Boating' by Jacques Rivette at the NFT for when I get back to London.

I have just bought a new laptop for personal use , after my father lovingly stuffed the last one. I can now go back to keeping my private stuff separate from my work thingies (salary porn). That means more writing, but I am still unlikely to pull my finger out and submit more tat for publishing - i'm just not that interested. Writing is fun, why ruin it by trying to get stuff published? I only do it under duress (I like the gag and chains).

Learning about: top ten monkey sex positions (thanks, SH)

Whip it on me, Fearless

2 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

You know that the swastika is a holy symbol in Hinduism and Buddhism right? It's put on things to denote good luck. Now of course with the VW Beetle being a bit of a Nazi icon that might not be the case here... but I wouldn't jump to the conclusion it's anything other than an unlucky conicidence!

3:54 pm

 
Blogger Woz said...

I would be inclined to agree with you. There was a slogan/wording next to the logo but I can't remember what it says - I need to try and get those photos transferred from my phone.

10:57 pm

 

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