My weekend from hell is finally over - spent more time on trains, buses, airports, and that crime against humanity otherwise known as the Seoul Metro Subway System than I generally care to. The woman is finally back after spending three weeks in Mongolia - brought back with her two wall paintings, Russian salami, and arol - sheep (in this case) milk curds that stink to high hell and taste not much better. She also brought back some jam made from some yet-to-be-identified fruit that grows in Khuvsgol Province that supposedly turns your teeth blue after eating it. On a positive note, I did manage to pop by Kumo World - billed as “The Largest Electronics Depot in the Honam Region” and Kwangju’s answer to Seoul’s Technomart (the crucial difference being that unlike Technomart, Kumo World sucks) - and managed to score for myself a copy of the CNC Generals expansion pact “Zero Hour.” A couple of hours with it at the PC room confirms it to be quite the righteous gaming experience indeed.
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Why did you have to bring up arol? That stuff is HIDEOUS! It was the one thing that I really disliked while in Mongolia, though I attempted to politely eat it. Even the ‘milk tea’ grew on me!
Welcome back. Salutem in Domino to the Marmotess.
Kevin
Ah yes, Zero Hour, many an hour it has stolen from me. I love playing the general’s challenge with the air power general. God damn, I love watching the second explosion after the bunker busters hit.
Arol? Sounds awful. In fact, I will have no part of the sheep beyond the meat and the wool, and I think those might even be stretching it. Uzbeks liked to eat sheep ass fat from their fat-ass sheep (God only knows the breed, but they have a fat deposit on their ass like a camel does on its back). I did eat it every now and then when it was cooked into something (I was dropping weight like a bad habit), but never was pressured into eating it fresh off the ass.
“Uzbeks liked to eat sheep ass fat from their fat-ass sheep”
Jeeze, that does sound terrible. However, my woman says that sheep ass fat contains no cholesterol. BTW, I believe the breed in question is the aptly-named “fat-tailed sheep” a.k.a. the Tunis sheep, known throughout the world for its fatty hindquarters.