Sunday, 19 December 2010

Overheard in a Greek Café

Greek Yoghurt with Honey and Coffee – LIANG FENG

“So I told her, I said, I don’t want you to think we are ungrateful or anything, but I refuse to have anyone but Maria in this house to take care of your mother, and my daughter took it completely the wrong—“

“Way to go! Landing that job! You know how long people are waiting for a break these days? Living off their folks and a few pathetic odd jobs here and—“

“There. I told him to touch me there. The man must be alien. He couldn’t even take a little advice, not even guidance. I am through with men from Pyrgo. The man must never even step out of his office, I swear I’ve driven past after my shifts at the bar and that blasted light is on all night. I don’t care if they have higher-paying salaries than the guys in Patras. You know what? He’s gay. He must be—“

“Absolutely! Oh my God! I thought you’d never ask! And at the café where we first met! You are so romantic! But, um, you could have at least measured my finger first so it won’t—“

“Slip me the money and I’ll do the operation, I could have said. What do they take me for? The other surgeons do it, and they’re millionaires now! But why the hell do you think our country is tumbling into an abyss? Corruption leads to the worst—“

“That doesn’t look too appetizing. And I wouldn’t get a chocolate crepe if I were you either. Last time I was here my girlfriend got that and I spent the rest of the evening hold back her hair as she—“

“Chucked it so high, did you see that, man? That was killer, man! That was a killer goal. Cissel is the man, did you see that? I don’t care how much money they’re offering him, if he leaves Panathinaikos for those Manchester—“

“Losers? You’re the losers. I might not have a job but I’ve got a degree. At the rate you’re going, I give you sixty more years, and you should be done with your degree in the Agricultural Fishing and—“

“Then we’ll talk about it another day. I don’t want to spoil today. It’s your birthday today. Happy birthday, by the way.”

"Angreek87"

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