friendly neighbours

Another of my delightful neighbours who resolutely refuses to smile at me, never has in six years, grumpy old sod. He has managed a mumbled "bom dia" twice, I think. He talks to everyone else, talks to the house professor a length about something to do with gardening about once a year over the fence. And now he has appeared with this ridiculous dog. It looks just like a black and tan version of Dogmatix (Obelix's dog) and it is completely out of proportion with his miserable owner. Dogs really should be in proportion with their owners... it upsets the aesthetic balance when they're not.

But don't worry. When Jorge (Sampaio, OBVIOUSLY) comes to call on me for my invaluable advice about the roads of Portugal, I'll mention it to him, and he can see to the grave problem of out of proportion dog ownership... and grumpy miserable old men who refuse to talk to foreigners.


BLEURGH!

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