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Wednesday, 12 May 2010

This week I have mostly been.....

....working on my T-shirt tan!

Caught sight of myself in a hotel mirror at the weekend and was shocked to see I am still the archetypal pasty Englishman from the neck down. I am now condemned to a life without entering public swimming facilities unless I am either fully clothed or I wish to be an object of ridicule for the locals and Westerners alike.

I hope the photo doesn't offend too many of your sensibilities. If anybody has a better photographic representation of this phenomena I will gladly post it up here upon receipt... you may take that as a challenge and please remember names are being changed to protect the incontinent.

I also hear Britain has a new Prime Minster or is it Prime Ministers????
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  1. Roo14 May 2010 at 01:27

    I thought you'd be sporting a cream linen suit complete with panama Mr Snee? Need to keep up appearances!

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  2. Dam i_n ....16 May 2010 at 02:52

    I only wear the linen suit on nights out and the panama is now a permanent feature of my outfit, come rain or shine. I base my look on the Dr. Livingston school of fashion.
    Please don't worry I have been keeping up appearances, drinking G&T on the veranda, beating the domestic staff and at every given opportunity mooting the notion that a return to colonialism is the answer to all Africa's problems. I think I'm fitting in rather well out here....

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