
And we go from the sublime (Claudio’s case las night) to the ridiculous with this memo from the Venezuelan Foreign Ministry telling people how to address Faxes and correspondence to the new Minister Nicolas Maduro to make such greetings more homogeneus. Note in particular how Faxes should be adressed:
“With the inspiration and happiness that produces in us to work without rest for the consolidation of the pretty homeland that we all have dreamed and deserve, receive a bolivarian, revolutionary and socialist greeting.
I am honored to address you in this opportunity to…”
This almost deserves a contest for the title of the post. Given last night’s post on IVIC and Claudio, for now I will call this “From the sublime to the ridiculous” unless one of you can top me and I will change it.
(Note the signature part is signed “Hasta la victoria siempre” by none other than “We ask the President for his resigantion, which he accepted- Lucas Rincon”)
(BTW, how does a socialist greeting work? is it like “nanu-nanu” in the old Mork and Mindy programs)

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