Monday, May 01, 2006

On Salmon and The New World

Immigrants in search for a better life are marching to make a point - and dear old Lou Dobbs is branding the group that is helping them (ANSWER: Act Now to Stop War and End Racism) as radicals. Well, clearly Lou is a native American so no one from his family migrated to America for a better life. oh Lou!

Salmon is great for the skin! It's a great summer colour too - I think I am in the mood for some salmon. The only odd thing about salmon is it's great third cousin by marriage, salmonella - now that is a different breed altogether

Talking of which, malaria is terrible too. I think David Livingston suffered from it when he renamed "Mosi Ou Tunya" (Smoke That Thunders) to Victoria Falls upon "discovering" it in the jungles of Zimbabwe (formerly Rhodesia)

Smoke that Thunders! How breathtaking!

If I were to discover a country, I should call it "Nazliana".

It was just the other day, with respect to time, that these new worlds and countries were being "discovered" and "civilization" along with terrible diseases were being spread to those "uncivilized" people, who were then enslaved and shipped off to other newly discovered places, which were being fought away from the original inhabitants and where now people in search for a better life cannot lest they take away the dream.


Make sense? Good! Cheers and enjoy your day. I am outta here! Hasta Manana Amigos!

8 comments:

Mr Angry said...

Can I come and live in Nazliana? It sounds like a very pleasant place. I might even be less angry living there,

Nazli Hardy said...

"pleasant"? Now Mr Angry, I expect much more exciting adjectives when describing Nazliana (laughing)

yes, you are quite welcome to live in Nazliana. And actually I would prefer it if you remained a bit angry - otherwise the world would not quite be the same ;-)

cheers

2 Dollar Productions said...

It's not everyday one finds immigration, salmon AND an imaginary land all in the same post. Bravo.

Nazli Hardy said...

imaginary land? no no, Nazliana exists, it just has not been disocvered yet (laughing in great amusement!)

Lakshmi said...

thanks for droping by my blog.

Mr Angry said...

Oh Dr Nazli, now I feel I must don my pith helmet and explore the exotic and lush land of Nazlia. That would doubtless be a discovery worth writing about!

And I'll always retain a bit of angry, just to keep things interesting.

Pete said...

i'm very impressed with the "stream of conscienceness" of your post. i like that.

question: is there a Nazlianan devil?

Nazli Hardy said...

Pete, happy to impress ;-) however, the "nazlianan devil" is a contradictory term, given the definition of 'nazli', but it is possible that Mr Angry, exploring with his trendy pith helmet, may come across it.

Cheers :-)