Talking
of the Catholic church . . . I see the Pope has pronounced against
the worship of wealth. Has he walked round the Vatican, I wonder. Or
popped into the Museum or (worse) the Treasury of any church in Spain
or Portugal? There's a lot of worshipped wealth on display there. If
Francis goes on like this, he may find himself becoming the second
Papal retiree in a few years. With the blessing of the Curia.
But
it's not all good news from the Vatican this week; His Holiness has
exiled a young priest who was making sacrilegiously positive remarks
about those of his brethren with homosexual tendencies. Of whom there
are more than just a few in Rome, it's said. Indeed, so many that if
they were all similarly exiled, the place would grind to a halt. If
that's the right phrase.
Talking
of driving to Santiago . . . If time isn't of the essence, I normally
take the old highway, rather than the expensive autopista. One of the
pluses of this option is that I can check if there are any new
brothels(Clubs) to add to those that were there the last time
I went this way. Or whether any have closed because of La Crisis.
As has one of the 3 or 4 in my barrio of Poio. I can never
remember its name but it's either Working Girls or Factory
Girls. Either way, pretty self-explanatory.
Observation
around Pontevedra is forcing me to change my belief that any woman in
Spain shorter than 5 feet(152cm) is forced to become a nun. This was
born of the experience of only ever seeing nuns below this height.
But 2 things have forced reconsideration: 1. You just don't see many
nuns these days, and 2. What you do see is many more women
below 5 feet who are not nuns. QED.
One
belief that remains firm, though, is that it's compulsory in Spain to
put the word corazón(heart) in the lyrics of every song you
write. Even if it's a Rock number.
The
King of Spain is in hospital for another operation, revitalising the
debate about whether or not he shouldn't abdicate in favour of his
rather-more-popular son. Husband to the lovely Letizia. Anyway, when
the Queen was visiting him, a naked man ran round the place shouting
"No to the CIA's secret crimes". We probably won't get to
hear it but I'd love to know his explanation for this mode of protest.
Especially if he's one of the surgeons there.
Well,
after 7 or 8 weeks of sun, the weather broke on Thursday, when it
began to rain. And, thanks to the Atlantic Blanket, it hasn't stopped
since. An augury of our wetter-than-Manchester winter. Hey ho. Good
for the garden, as the Brits always say. Not to mention the ducks.
Finally
. . . A conversation with one of the pipe-playing, tune-slaying beggars of the town:-
Could you
give me 50 cents?
No. I regularly see
you buying drugs in O Vao. I'm not going to give you money for drugs.
But I
only buy hashish. And I'd never use your money for that. I'd use it
to buy a sandwich.
Yea, right.
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