OK, I’ve had enough, I’m leaving

Current results have the ruling PP getting severely punished, the opposition socialists facing a huge challenge in cobbling together a coalition without destroying the party, and Catalan separatists coming pretty close to overtaking their more conventional comrades. However, it’s not the prospect of a re-run of the Catalan regional elections in the next couple of months that makes me want to go. Check this screendump from El Mundo:

Resurrect old wars if you want to, resurrect hobbits if you prefer, but please, please, don’t resurrect Swatch Internet Time.

Trevor @ 14 March 2004 10:03 PM

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1. pj
   12:36 AM on 15 March 2004

   Are there any watches out there with that Internet time? I thought they were disappeared

2. pj
   12:55 AM on 15 March 2004

   BTW, what do you think about this:

   “The Spanish people demonstrated today that they have no courage.”
   From your “friend” at Iberian Notes
   I ara segueixo en Català que m’expreso millor, si no et fa res Ja el propi nom del blog de la “persona” aquesta fa olor a racisme (com dir: I write from this 3rd world country plenty of XV century idiots) però l’afirmació de que els Espanyols som cobards per guanyar el PSOE és REPUGNANT És més, em fa venir ganes de vomitar el fet que algú que viu a Barcelona vagi pel carrer mirant a la gent (als seus veïns, al poble que l’acull) amb aquests aires de superioritat… És idiota o racista? (bé, lo segon implica lo primer).

   Have a nice day

3. Trevor
   8:15 AM on 15 March 2004

   I’ve also noticed various bitter, twisted references in there to the British and our superior sporting culture. These I ignore because the British exist in a racial sense only in the diseased minds of some people with British passports and lots of people without. I agree with you: it’s the kind of thing done either by accident or by someone who wants a fight, which may well be what Mr C is looking for this morning.

   I personally think that anyone who voted for any of the parties on offer yesterday was insane, but I’ve been drinking brandy in my tea for years. I intend to have a very nice day, and I hope you all do, too.

4. pj
   9:01 AM on 15 March 2004

   These are no good days for anyone and I thank your words and hope that that writings about the courage of 40M people are only a passenger on his mind caused by the 11-M terrorist attack.

   And, of course, I invite him to rectify and keep the coexistence easy
   P.S.: Please forgive my broken english

5. Trevor
   9:06 AM on 15 March 2004

   If it’s a choice between having broken English and a broken nose, I know where my interests lie.

6. Geoff
   11:06 AM on 15 March 2004

   So you’re a Brit now, are you! (Best wishes to all.)

7. Trevor
   11:15 AM on 15 March 2004

   Might be…

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