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The Hunger II: Endgame

Chris Farmer RSS / 26.04.2011. u 07:17

When hunger does not do the trick, let's eat then.

After a week of undue media attention - and, yes, ok, I am part of it regrettably - Toma has come back to the dinner table, seeing that no one else was going to show up at the negotiating table. The spin seems to be that he has called attention to the need for Serbia to move forward. On to the main course, as it were...

A week earlier, Toma was ready to starve himself to death rather than not get early elections. This week, after the tempting paschal aromas of sarma and proja and pasulj prebranac wafted into his hospital room, he substituted "moving forward" for "early elections" as a good reason to stop the hunger strike. Philosophers and theologians alike agree that that mankind tends to move forward no matter what stupid things we do; so the new endgame seems ok.

Given that many people were nearing the end of their quadragesimal fasting last week, the timing seems pretty good. I am surprised the Patriarch did not see it that way.

I have to admit that I am a little disappointed in the denouement of this gastronomic drama. I had expected that Toma might hold on a little longer than eight days and really make his opponents shift uncomfortably in their seats over the Easter feast. Instead, he just gave up.

Life is less interesting than fiction. And please pass the proja.

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srdjan.pajic srdjan.pajic 07:50 26.04.2011

prevarant, najobičniji

I had expected that Toma might hold on a little longer than eight days and really make his opponents shift uncomfortably in their eats over the Easter feast. Instead, he just gave up.


Same here. I was hoping some tabloid would catch him up while eating podvarak with svnjska glava, secretly, in private room of this quasi-hospital. I am sure nobody in Serbia would be surprised, except the pig, maybe.
man ray loves me man ray loves me 06:50 28.04.2011

Re: prevarant, najobičniji

i thought when i heard he took communion it must have been in the form of a pljeskavica.

and when i heard he ate an egg at the patriarch's for easter, i naturally wondered (in serbian) - da li se toma i tucao sa patrijarhom, ili mu je samo pojeo jaje?
fantomatsicna fantomatsicna 09:24 26.04.2011

Can not

Remember that any politician made such a fool of himself..if you need to understand word pathetic...this is the best description of it.From me Tomo:
mlekac mlekac 13:12 26.04.2011

Re: Can not

fantomatsicna
Remember that any politician made such a fool of himself..if you need to understand word pathetic...this is the best description of it.From me Tomo:


BTW, what is an English word for 'kopriva'?
dragan7557 dragan7557 15:04 26.04.2011

Re: Can not

And please pass the proja.

And don't forget the Prasa.

cerski
Jelena Pavlović Jelena Pavlović 15:19 26.04.2011

Re: Can not

mlekac
fantomatsicna
Remember that any politician made such a fool of himself..if you need to understand word pathetic...this is the best description of it.From me Tomo:


BTW, what is an English word for 'kopriva'?


Poison ivy
jednatanja jednatanja 17:20 26.04.2011

Re: Can not

kopriva = Urtica dioica = stinging nettle

good for Toma´s kidneys and prostate
Jukie Jukie 19:08 26.04.2011

Koprive

Jelena Pavlović

:BTW, what is an English word for 'kopriva'?
Poison ivy

Zavisi da li u prenosnom ili u bukvalnom značenju... Poison ivy je otrovna nejestiva amerikanska biljka od koje valjda izlaze plikovi i/ili gadan svrab tipa osipa, a kopriva (nettle) je ovo što može da se jede (i što liči na mrtvu koprivu i lučac).
srdjan.pajic srdjan.pajic 19:51 26.04.2011

Re: Can not

Jelena Pavlović
mlekac
fantomatsicna
Remember that any politician made such a fool of himself..if you need to understand word pathetic...this is the best description of it.From me Tomo:


BTW, what is an English word for 'kopriva'?


Poison ivy


Nije, to je skroz druga biljka. Mislim da nema, barem ne u američkom Engleskom.
fantomatsicna fantomatsicna 21:48 26.04.2011

Re: Can not

Ima ima :Nettle
A posion Ivy:

Brsljan?
Jelena Pavlović Jelena Pavlović 03:39 27.04.2011

Re: Can not

srdjan.pajic
Jelena Pavlović
mlekac
fantomatsicna
Remember that any politician made such a fool of himself..if you need to understand word pathetic...this is the best description of it.From me Tomo:


BTW, what is an English word for 'kopriva'?


Poison ivy


Nije, to je skroz druga biljka. Mislim da nema, barem ne u američkom Engleskom.


Both plants are related, but nettle is an edible version.
dragan7557 dragan7557 05:24 27.04.2011

Re: bogami

Samo se vi zajebavajte, Toma dotera liniju.

cerski
srdjan.pajic srdjan.pajic 06:41 27.04.2011

Re: Can not

Jelena Pavlović
srdjan.pajic
Jelena Pavlović
mlekac
fantomatsicna
Remember that any politician made such a fool of himself..if you need to understand word pathetic...this is the best description of it.From me Tomo:


BTW, what is an English word for 'kopriva'?


Poison ivy


Nije, to je skroz druga biljka. Mislim da nema, barem ne u američkom Engleskom.


Both plants are related, but nettle is an edible version.


Looks you are right. Thanks
Jukie Jukie 08:14 27.04.2011

Re: Can not

fantomatsicna
Ivy: Brsljan?

Poison ivy je potpuno posebna biljka, koja se zove ivy jer ima list istog oblika kao bršljan
A najgore je što postoji druga podvrsta koja ima list kao hrast i zove se poison oak

U svakom slučaju mi tu biljku na svu sreću nemamo, tako da su nam bršljani lepe puzavice a hrastovi su lepi za badnjake (i jedno od najraširenijeg drveća u našim šumama). Koprive su dobre za ta jela sa koprivama a lučac ima list kao kopriva a miriše na beli luk.
Chris Farmer Chris Farmer 08:49 27.04.2011

Re: Can not

Nettles sting us. We can eat nettles. Things can nettle us. In Australia, you can “grasp the nettle”.

A nettle is plant of the genus Urtica, covered with stinging hairs. In France it is made in to a soup – la soupe aux orties – and it does not sting the mouth. We wear gloves to gather it.

Nettling though the problem of nettles may be, the fact remains that Toma’s strike has nettled the nation – not hurting anyone but himself and leaving the rest of us annoyed.

He is welcome (now) to his soup.
mlekac mlekac 12:37 27.04.2011

Re: Can not

Chris Farmer
Nettles sting us. We can eat nettles. Things can nettle us. In Australia, you can “grasp the nettle”.

A nettle is plant of the genus Urtica, covered with stinging hairs. In France it is made in to a soup – la soupe aux orties – and it does not sting the mouth. We wear gloves to gather it.

Nettling though the problem of nettles may be, the fact remains that Toma’s strike has nettled the nation – not hurting anyone but himself and leaving the rest of us annoyed.

He is welcome (now) to his soup.


Yeah, he managed to made nice nettle stew. Now he can steam himself in it...
vishnja92 vishnja92 06:50 28.04.2011

Re: Can not

Koprive su dobre za ta jela sa koprivama

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