Friday, May 23rd, 2008

Time	Event
2:10p	Продолжаю смотреть документальные фильмы (там и язык полегче; говорят с чувством, с толком, с расстановкой, а в художественных драматически орут и к тому же сленг, идиомы и прочие гадости).( дальше ) (5 Comments | Comment on this)
2:48p	Several hours into my Moscow “consumer experience”, strolling idly past the Kremlin in the direction of lunch, I realised that not one of the following hotly advertised outcomes had befallen me. I had not been detained at immigration for the best part of a day by still fundamentally Communist paperwork protocols. I had not been bullied into a “rat-infested prison”, as promised by the Daily Mail. And nor had I been charged in excess of 1,000 roubles (about ?21) for a fizzy drink or been driven three times round the ring road before having my luggage emptied by an unscrupulous and unlicensed taxi driver. As for the “fans’ gulags” — well, there were none. True, later in the day I would be pointed in the direction of a vaguely segregated “fan zone” — one of a pair of areas near the stadium where supporters could hang around and wait for the kick-off. But let’s note, for future reference, that a “zone” is very different from a “gulag”. At any rate, I’m not sure that programmes, novelty fur-style hats and Coca-Cola were on sale in the gulags. Английский болельшик пишет, что не пострадал от российских чиновников, не был обсчитан, не обнаружил "гулага для болельщиков" и даже не был посажен в кишашую крысами тюрьму, как ему обещала Daily Mail. Кругом обман потребителей:) (1 Comment | Comment on this)
7:23p	Ужасы канадского клерикализма (5 Comments | Comment on this)

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