An old joke, but I've always had a soft spot for it. Forgive me.
I toss in this untypical crudery not in a cynical attempt to attract readers, but purely as an appropriate introduction to my latest bizarre little anecdote.
I happened to be wandering through the Embassy District last night - a little boozed-up, I confess - when a troop of soldiers appeared in front of me. Time for the changing of the guard. This was not a particularly intimidating apparition because the soldiers in this country (even the 'cream of the cream' selected for diplomatic protection duties) are almost invariably scrawny teenagers in ill-fitting uniforms; I am always more concerned about the danger of their zits exploding on me than I am that I might be cut down in a hail of bullets for taking a furtive piss against the wall of the Embassy of Benin.
It somehow occurred to me that the slightly jaunty tempo of their marching exactly matched that of the old Cars hit 'My Best Friend's Girlfriend', and I couldn't resist launching into a few bars: "Here she comes again.... with her suede blue eyes...."
The boy soldiers were discomfited.... got out of step.... the moment was lost.....
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Oh, so others too use this trik to atract readers???!!?? If you have a look at my Danish blog, that is where I have used both pictures and catchy titles to grab the attention of people. Now that blog is actually one of the services provided by the national TV channel. And a really good thig about it is that every new blog apears on the front page of the TV channel's homepage, so people who are in there even looking at news or other things, will see the title and thumbnail picture.
I was reading up on all the posts I've missed in the past year and came across this comment of mine. Sorry but there is no longer a link to my danish blog because I have decided to stop posting there. It has become a strange blog-land.
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