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Singapore #77 - Tightly knotted ties

What is it about Singapore (SIN) and a reference to a tie feeling a little tight?



The original mention comes from the (in)famous autumn 1993 piece by William Gibson in Wired Magazine [1.04], entitled "Disneyland with the Death Penalty"

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London #15 - Europe(ans)

The conversation with Cory McCracken in the pub over some beers before the wedding attempted to describe the differences between European countries on a simplistic level, but there is actually a lot more going on for sure if you really dig into it, country by country, culture by culture, and language by language.



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Iceland #71 - Hákarl and Brennivín

Here’s something you’re not going to see every day on most folks’ dinner tables, even in Iceland. Let’s just say these two things are both an acquired taste.




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Santiago #30 - Sipping Something Chilean

That reference in the Chile chapter to the three “distant cousins” of the fabled Bubinga sisters, was really a nod to three wine producing areas/valleys in the country – Aconcagua, Colchagua, and Itata.



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Westport #94 - Fat, Fluff, Froth, and Fizz

That 840-page issue of Vogue back in September 2007 was a fitting symbol of the apex of the financial markets and an omen of things to come before the subprime housing crisis bubble burst and everything went to hell in a handbasket thereafter in the financial world.



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More Ouch! (x2)

One of my homemade sayings is “It’s always funny until someone loses a testicle.”

Why? Well, here’s proof positive in that regard.

Such a situation is one of those things in life that you KNOW you don’t need to have happen personally to you, in order to believe it is so. “Run, Forrest, run!” is all I can say, especially from any women you may have in your life that are capable of such mayhem and menace.




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Mustique #47 - Knowing your mules

When is a mule not the mule you thought it was?

When you are in Mustique at your sister’s wedding is when.




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Singapore #77 - Swedish Snaps Songs

You know you have a diverse group of friends when you find yourself singing Swedish drinking songs at a wedding in Singapore with a bunch of Chinese folks spread around your table.

You don’t fight the situation, suck back the snaps / aquavit, and sing along as best you can.



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Los Angeles #70 - Monty P meets South Park

Put a groom and his “best” man together for a few idle moments early on wedding day when no one else is around within earshot, and what do you get?

You get a mashup of Monty Python and South Park.




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Mustique #47 - Gettin' all "rill" with gin and tonic

A "proper" gin and tonic, as somebody was once lectured to in gang-bang fashion at his sister’s wedding in Mustique in 2000, is supposedly made with lemon, and NOT lime.

And it should never be made with both of those citrus garnishes, despite what one particular punter professed to prefer. However, the real case can be made for all three possibilities, depending where you are.



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