Thursday, March 30, 2006


'Oh My God They Killed Daddy'


Dr X. (real name Dr. Yermali Z. La Torre Lazarte) was back at the Clinica Paredes to greet us this morning.
He prescribed more ivy syrup, some tablets for the infection and a new position to inhale from.
He also said I should see a dentist as I have some cavities in need of attention.
I could have told him that myself, lower jaw front far right - hole caused by giant Toblerone, Lima, Peru, November 2005, upper jaw back left - large chipped area caused by crunchy toffee topping on dessert, Paracas, Peru, March 2005, upper jaw back left - three quarters of tooth missing, probably due to Jelly Bean abuse - fell out during FA Cup Final, Haslemere, UK, May 2005.
He gave us his card and explained that there is a dentist in the same block as his consulting office, very handy, in fact there is a dentist advertised on his card, what a wonderful coincidence.
The new position to inhale from lasted about ten seconds as all the snot in my head rushed forwards like bilge in a trawler, the pain making me scream and Esther giggle as she took a photo for posterity.
'Salvador' got a great present this morning, the Panini Official World Cup Sticker Book and five packets of stickers.
Esther and I opened the packets for him but were dissappointed to discover no English players amongst our purchase, the national side of Angola was a poor substitute.
The nearest we got to an Englishman was Thierry Henry has at least made a couple of adverts in English.
We will have to get Salvador some more tomorrow so that Esther ans I can renew our fight over who sticks what where and who sticks the straightest.
This being the city of the corrupt it won't be long before we can buy the whole book full of stickers just like in 2002, it was never like this with World Cup '74.

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