Oct21
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Oh, It’s Tuesday: I Hate Mimes
So I despise mimes and those body-painted statue guys. It’s not that I don’t think it’s an art, just that it’s a most annoying art. And one of the things that I’m most not looking forward to, when I’m in Belgium is running into one of these freaks — or being carted to one, since my sister, bless her little bad taste heart, loves them. Supposedly Europe is like filthy with mimes and statue guys.
Anyway, as callous as I am, even I felt a little bad that apparently American mimes are suffering a lot due to the bad economy. But only a very little.
Read the Gawker piece here.
I can think of at least 25 things about Belgium that you should be more concerned with than mimes. All of them are good.
#1 Chocolate
#2 Waffles
#3 Belgians love comic books
#4 Sometimes in fancy restaurants you will discover that a dog has been sitting under another patron’s table silently, the entire meal
#5 Fries in a paper cone
I will stop there, but the list goes on and on. Email me if you want more; I’ve been to 4 cities in Belgium. Have a great time!
Happy ICLW!
I can think of at least 25 things about Belgium that you should be more concerned with than mimes. All of them are good.
#1 Chocolate
#2 Waffles
#3 Belgians love comic books
#4 Sometimes in fancy restaurants you will discover that a dog has been sitting under another patron’s table silently, the entire meal
#5 Fries in a paper cone
I will stop there, but the list goes on and on. Email me if you want more; I’ve been to 4 cities in Belgium. Have a great time!
Happy ICLW!
Agreed. Put them on an island… we’ll call it Mime Island… or if you’re on the Island I guess you’d pronounce it ………………….
I hated all those statue people in SF when i’d visit my sister up there. I swear they must spend way more on paint and make-up than they ever make in a year.
Agreed. Put them on an island… we’ll call it Mime Island… or if you’re on the Island I guess you’d pronounce it ………………….
I hated all those statue people in SF when i’d visit my sister up there. I swear they must spend way more on paint and make-up than they ever make in a year.
Um… I was a mime for years as a kid so I have to say that mimes and (trained) clowns are pretty impressive and wonderful in my book…
HOWEVER those statue guys are so disgusting that I could just DIE. I especially hate it when you can see the thick silver or gold makeup running down their faces onto those stiffened clothes in the hot summer heat. VOMIT.
Um… I was a mime for years as a kid so I have to say that mimes and (trained) clowns are pretty impressive and wonderful in my book…
HOWEVER those statue guys are so disgusting that I could just DIE. I especially hate it when you can see the thick silver or gold makeup running down their faces onto those stiffened clothes in the hot summer heat. VOMIT.