I suspect the natives of Pamplona cooked up this running of the bulls thing just so they could tally up the number of stupid, drunk foreigners in their hospitals the day after.
If he’d only checked his copy of the handy dandy Girlspeak to English Dictionary … He’d have seen his wife’s response as the 3rd most important translation… Don’t be stupid!! All males should learn at least the first ten rules of female language arts… It could save your life someday.
HERE is a more comprehensive edition…
Black-Nosed Buddha
A nun who was searching for enlightenment made a statue of Buddha and covered it with gold leaf. Wherever she went she carried this golden Buddha with her.
Years passed and, still carrying her Buddha, the nun came to live in a small temple in a country where there were many Buddhas, each one with its own particular shrine.
The nun wished to burn incense before her golden Buddha. Not liking the idea of the perfume straying to others, she devised a funnel through which the smoke would ascend only to her statue. This blackened the nose of the golden Buddha, making it especially ugly.
HAS THIS KIND OF SELFISHNESS EVER OCCURRED IN YOUR CHURCH?
These are things people actually said in court, word for word, taken down and now published by court reporters who had the torment of staying calm while these exchanges were actually taking place.
