Monday, October 31, 2005

It´s a Girl

Hi fellow Bloggers.

When I woke up this morning I was surprised with the most recent news. The Prince Felipe´s daughter has born. I don´t really give a damm ... with that kind of news but, as she is a girl, that means she won´t be king unless our constitution is changed (I mean, if the royal couple brings a boy to live after her). The Salic law is written on our constitution giving priority to boys over girls. So everybody is talking about changing that article of the constitution, wich means a long proccess. First the disolution of the "Cortes", then elections, and last a Referendum asking Spaniards if they want to be changed.

Of course everybody started to show their oppinion this morning. I heard a lot of times "of course it has to be changed, is anacronic with the era we live in". I think there´s something contradictory on that, because the first anacronism is that we have kings. I´m not sure they´ll want to ask on referendum what people wants, and I´m sure they´ll just ask about the salic law. I´m afraid they fear we could vote for a Republic.

Yesterday I´ve been on the Madrid "rastro" wich is a street market like Camdem Town. When I was at England a friend of mine told me he went to Camdem Town and thought it wasn´t like Madrid´s, in fact he said Madrid´s was much better. Now I know both and I can say how proud we are of our own. The "Rastro" is just people selling crap on the street, and I really mean crap. Apart from those who sell clothes, like on any town in Spain and Portugal, the speciality is people who sell anything they found on their homes and don´t want to have anymore, that could sound nice, like the boot sells at England countryside. But the impression I´ve got is they went into an abandoned house to get all they could find, and also some of them seemed to have gone into a dump. So it wasn´t like you could fine nice furniture or music instruments very cheap.

On the other hand I always heard about a special side of the market where they sell electronics. Digital cameras, mobile phones, PC components, ... All of them from a doubtful origin. I´ve also been told you cold be stolen your mobile and minutes after seeing it on a stand to be sold. This time the market was full of police, and that branch wasn´t there, it isn´t very nice from the police to wait for me to go to the market, at least I wanted to see it. Damm them!.

But there were two guys selling blank CDs and DVDs. They were very cheap so I bought some. The first one was the cheapest, and also he had some more stuff to sell, like VHSs, Tapes, Batteries, and strangely Condoms. Well, I´m kind of an IT freak, and I know a lot of real IT freaks, and the last thing we need (I said need, not want) is condoms. An IT freak doesn´t couple that much. I can´t imagine an IT freak buing 100 blank DVDs and also a condom box, it´s like he´s going to have a nice night, but doing what? Downloading porn films to be burned on those DVDs, no use for the condoms. I believe it´s like on drug stores, when you buy an aspirine box and with a lower voice you ask for a condom box. This time the freak goes shouting "I want a box of condoms..." and then lower "... and give me those 100 DVDs, please."

On our way back we saw a X film cinema. I thought they had disapeard on those internet times, but it seems they haven´t. Well I never saw the use for a X film cinema. I know I´m being dirty today, but I don´t like the idea of watching a porn film surrounded by men watching a porn film. We all know what porn films are made for. I guess some men come to see the other men, ... On the other hand I saw a most disgusting thing, I saw a really old man entering the theater, I coulnd´t say more than "AGHHHHHH!!!" when I saw it.

Well, my greetings to the royal family, and also to those republicans who see on the little born princess an oportunity.

See you soon. Farewell.

Manoel.

5 comments:

Colin Davies said...

Mano,

Good to see you back at the coal face.....

Princess Leonor will never be king, even if they change the law. She might be a queen and thus a monarch but she can never be a king. She just doesn't have the balls for it.

Cheers.

PS I like the new keyboard!

Unknown said...

Good point Colin. But I must remember you is your own fault not to have articles to change the gender, it´s easier than remember two different words ;-))

Glad you like your new wireless keyboard.

PS: God save the she-king.

ian llorens said...

Manoel,
Everyone seems to pick on your words, but I will not do it this time.
I agree with you, I could not care less whether Leonor becomes the King or the Queen (Colin, science can provide the balls and everything that’s required).
I am simply not interested. I think that monarchy is an anachronism. On the other side, I wish her well and I have to admit that they have picked a cute name.

Anonymous said...

hi manoel como he podido leer un poquejo nada mas por encima
habkas de la futura reina pues ya han confirmado que se cambiara la konstitu para ue pueda reinar la princesa leonor.
Un saludo De tu amigo Josito.
Para que veas que lo leo aunque este en ingles.
Ciao amigo donde quiera que estes.

Anonymous said...

Hi Manoel.
Long time ago, in a land called Boadilla, far, far away, you met a nice boy, handsome, blond-haired, tall, smart, swede...
Do you remember me or must I speak in vallekan-english? Well, if you want speak with (but in the language of the impery), please, send a mail to etnama@gmail.com.

Sincerely yours... Fat Bastard ;-P

P.D.: By the way, in a few months I will pass through an hospital (stomach reduction and intestinal by-pass) and so, Fat Bastard will dies.