Tuesday, June 13, 2006

Frankfurt: The Rough Guide.

Know this if you're in town for the World Cup:
The Waldstadion in Frankfurt is in the clearing of a suburban forest, the sort of area that does not exist in London, and in Paris would be entirely overrun by Brazilian transvestites.
Matthew Engel, "An air of unreality before things really hot up," Financial Times 11 (June 12, 2006).

Comments:
Actually in Britain it would be full of minor cabinet ministers looking to do the samba with the aforementioned. . .
 
I don't think the samba dancers usually go for the minor cabinet ministers, but maybe I just don't understand parliamentary governments very well.
 
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