In protest at some economic hoopdydoo, Bulgarians fretted over how many lev’s they were paying for their electricity service. Lev’s! I ask you! They were directing their anger at the ruling party for their perception of their legislative and moral failings. Did I mention the party was called the GERB? Mirthfulness! The GERB <sniggers> seems to be doing poorer and poorer in the opinion polls under leader Boiko Borisov. BOIKO!
As hilarious as their alternative names for conceptually equivalent social institutions are
, there is a deeper point here. How much do we really have in common with these our EU partners? Sure our largest electricity supplier bumped up the price of our electricity by 6% in the worst economic climate since St Patrick ruined billions of investments in snake futures. But did we protest? Not a bit of us! We proudly dropped trou- and declared in one unshakeable voice “Thank you sir may I have another!…inevitable electricity hike next year that will once again pass without significant protest.”
Can we truly trust in another country that can’t take wholesale levels of monetary abuse and still smile like they have sat in a warm shepherds pie? I think we AAALL know the answer to that question.
<nods assuredly then scratches head>
by The Toner of Leek
