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My friends, Sally and Rachel were over at the weekend. Said I'd give them a mention on the site. They spent five days here - ate cakes, went to the baths, ate cakes, visited the art gallery, ate cakes, went to cake shops and ate cakes.
It was nice to play with them - only the second time in four years, more maybe. A reminder of how time gets away from you.
They tired me out though. I was pretty exhausted last night, in bed by nine thirty. Earlier than Pisti Kovacs, I'd imagine. (If you aren't familiar with Pisti, scroll down to the fourteenth of March.)
Voting in the general election took place last night and I missed all of the tv coverage. The cameras in Pisti's home, the interviews with Pisti's Mum and Dad, the cameras following Pisti to the local convenience store to watch him jubliantly buying chocolate, Pisticam, Pistivision, Pistirama.
Pisti's party, SZDSZ, were pretty successful, actually. It sounds shit, but they got 6.3 per cent of the vote. This enables them to form a coalition goverment, presumably with Pisti near the head. Minister for ice cream.
Although, there will be a second ballot in two weeks because the election was pretty close. I'm hoping this means more Pisti from now on, not less. Good times.
It was nice to play with them - only the second time in four years, more maybe. A reminder of how time gets away from you.
They tired me out though. I was pretty exhausted last night, in bed by nine thirty. Earlier than Pisti Kovacs, I'd imagine. (If you aren't familiar with Pisti, scroll down to the fourteenth of March.)
Voting in the general election took place last night and I missed all of the tv coverage. The cameras in Pisti's home, the interviews with Pisti's Mum and Dad, the cameras following Pisti to the local convenience store to watch him jubliantly buying chocolate, Pisticam, Pistivision, Pistirama.
Pisti's party, SZDSZ, were pretty successful, actually. It sounds shit, but they got 6.3 per cent of the vote. This enables them to form a coalition goverment, presumably with Pisti near the head. Minister for ice cream.
Although, there will be a second ballot in two weeks because the election was pretty close. I'm hoping this means more Pisti from now on, not less. Good times.
posted by andrew taylor at 3:33 PM
2 Comments:
So how can 6.3% be enough?
Are there lots and lots of local parties? Or do the ham-fisted hungarians keep spoiling their ballot papers?
There's a very boring video about the election on the bbc news site. Indeed, it looks like quite a boring election - Pisti's the best thing about it. One question that does occur to me after watching the video - why do hungarians use dishwashers as ballot boxes?
You might not know, but the BBC Hungarian Service closed this year after 66 years of broadcasting news to the country. Do you have any students who used to listen to it?
Well, they get represent zented in Parliament, as part of a coalition with MSZP.
Yes, the election was a bit boring. Pisti really livened things up. Wouldnt it be funny if he grew up to be the prime minister? Its something we could laugh about in the future.
Ill get back to you about BBC Hungary...
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