God’s truth, said the inspector. Who the fuck comes up with jokes? asked the inspector. And sayings? Where the fuck do they come from? Who’s the first to think them up? Who’s the first to tell them? And after a few seconds of silence, with his eyes closed, as if he’d fallen asleep, the inspector half opened his left eye and said: listen to the one-eyed man, you bastards. A woman’s path lies from the kitchen to the bedroom, with a beating along the way. Or he said: women are like laws, they were made to be broken. And the laughter was general. A great blanket of laughter rose over the long
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