Saturday, August 13th, 2005
A telephone conversation:
Woman: {something in spanish}
Underblog: Do you speak english?
Woman (in a snooty posh accent):This is the British consulate.
Underblog: Err, right, yes. Is this the consulate in Valencia, or Alicante?
Woman: This is the British consulate in Alicante, there is no consulate in Valencia. We have an agent in Valencia.
Underblog: Oh, OK, it’s just that—
Woman: What is this concerning, please Sir?
It’s strangely comforting to know that a member of the British establishment is still able to make one feel massively inferior with the merest flick of inflection.
Yeah, I know I’ve been away. I was all blogged out after reading hours a day in the run-up to the election. Then I was busy with some other stuff, and now I’ve just got back from two weeks in Spain for the Festival Internacional de Benicàssim. Yes thank-you, it was great.