[syndicate] \/\ dze or!g!n ov dze fam!l!

[Andrej Tisma]

Ivo Big Mac, Coca-Cola (and micro-soft) man - does not comprehend Balkans.


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Sent: Saturday, July 27, 2002 11:28 PM
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> "Ivo Skoric" <ivo at reporters.net>
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> >Every succesful Balkan male
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> these successful Balkan males you speak of [including your father]
> are but short fat family men
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> >over 40 suffers from high blood
> >pressure and some sort of a heart problem, including my dad and,
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> family men eat + drink + dress as `pigs` because they are terrible lovers.
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> >evidently, Slobodan Milosevic. I believe
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> `pigs` are cowards.
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> cowards choose duty over love.
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> allora - 01 amalgam of naaaaaaaasssssstttty terribly dressed short fat
ugly mafiosi.
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> ost.europa desires a wondrous fashion spektakle
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> >that high collesterol levels
> >were assumed to be a status symbol in former Yugoslavia, and
> >that men clogged their arteries with lard in an attempt to raise their
> >sex appeal gently growing their beer/wine bellies as a sign of
> >prestige. Also, it is expected from a man to have short temper,
> >which again, contributes to the risk of heart disease. And they are
> >stubborn: they'd rather die than give up their habit.
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> >Seriously. Doctors told my dad that he was at risk of heart attack
> >20 years ago and that he should change diet, give up alcohol, live
> >less stressfully. He did not change anything, and he still lives and
> >he is still at risk of heart attack, and fortunately he is on the good
> >side of statistics (his diastolic pressure hasn't been under 100 for
> >the past 20 years). If Milosevic is of the same stock, he may live
> >longer than all the judges at ICTY despite whiskey, roasted lamb
> >and Cuban cigars.
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> >I didn't know that roasted lamb was Slobo's favorite dish. But I
> >should have expected. After all, in every culture status is
> >connected with a certain way of life, certain clothes, certain foods,
> >drinks, sports, etc. Like here in the US, rich and socially
> >upscalish, play golf - in former Yugoslavia they played tennis (note
> >that Tudjman was an avid tennis player). What do they eat here?
> >Lobster? I guess, there are too many options in the U.S. In former
> >Yugoslavia there was roasted lamb.
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> >Roasted lamb unites all post-Yugoslav countries: it is devoured by
> >upstanding Serbs, Croats and Bosnian Muslims alike. Croats and
> >Serbs also eat roasted pork, but the status of pork is clearly below
> >lamb (and that is also reflected in price). Roasted lamb is also my
> >father's favorite dish. I ate so much roasted lamb when I was a kid
> >that I am now sick even thinking of it. If anyone is interested, I can
> >give you a list of top restaurants in Zagreb, where you can get the
> >best roasted lamb (also the best time to go is March...), and the
> >mention of the last name that I share with my dad
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>  your father - lard + wine
>  you - health club
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>  males love duty - even as boys.
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> >, will make head
> >waiters be very responsive to you.
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> >Lamb also needs to be bathed in copious quantities of white whine
> >(my dad's favorite: Grasevina from Kutjevo wineries). All in all I
> >remember my old man being able to eat a pound of lamb and drink
> >a quart of 'grasevina' - of course, that main dish was always
> >preceded with cevapcici and other (meat again) smaller dishes,
> >while we waited for the lamb to roast. Dishes without meat in
> >former Yugoslavia were not considered meals. I doubt Milosevic will
> >die. But maybe ICTY can enforce a healthier diet on him, that
> >doctors in Zagreb can't do with my dad.
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> >ivo
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> >ps - on Holbroke's drink: pear brandy is higher up on status ladder
> >than plum brandy; every schmuck drinks plum brandy; of course
> >Milosevic got his US friend drunk on the best available brandy
> >around....
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