Best of 2010: Angela Merkel Tortures the Greeks
If you’re looking for the bright side of a global economic meltdown, look at Angela Merkel. She is truly the most entertaining part of the world going to hell. She is stiff and grumpy, yet she’s German and has a bowl cut. She is also a classic bean-counter and treats all matters of State with a Vulcan slavishness to logic. She makes me think of a rather unconventional James Bond character, so unconventional that he never made it into the movies. Curious? Oh of course I’ll explain.
In Ian Flemming’s 1962 novel The Spy Who Loved Me, there is a German character named Kurt Rainer. After asking a woman to marry him, Kurt makes a careful study of anatomy in anticipation of his wedding night. As his fiancée lives in another city, he takes to his anatomy lessons rather often in times of oneliness or stress. Eventually, he decides to invite an attractive young employee of his to go over charts with him. He takes out his pointer, and shows her the biological route of female pleasure in the most comprehensive and literal way, and afterwards he feels… well… relieved. Belive it or not, this was actually one of Flemmings more contraversial novels… in fact I don’t really suggest it if you’re easily ruffled. Oh, and for the record, I’m not saying that this is what Angela Merkel does. I’m saying this scene reminds me of Angela Merkel.
Revisit some Angela moments here and here.
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