The adjective "random", as defined by one dictionary, means "lacking a definite plan, purpose or pattern". In colloquial English, we use it to describe anything weird, spontaneous, pointless, nonsensical, unusual, unexpected, one-in-a-million. Something that makes you question if you're a pothead or makes you react with what-the??? While travelling, it seems a lot of random things happen - you witness random things, hear random stories and just generally are the subject of randomness. For example, during the last month in Central America: We met a Dutch guy who has all, but 40, Australian postage stamps between 1913 and 2007. Over dinner, Lina's Spanish teacher explained that the reason she is barred from teaching in the US, is due to a brief lapse in judgment when she flashed her breasts in a highschool classroom. We met a girl who was struck by lightning. We were walking with this Nicaraguan guy when all of a sudden, someone stabbed him. The stabbed Nicaraguan guy brushed off the violent attack as though he had been squirted with a water gun (ah, no biggie). Our Panama domestic flight took off from a baseball field. A couple had sex at our Costa Rican hostel. Maybe not so random except that they did it outside in everyone's full view and went for another round half an hour later. Random ape shit. The randomness of travelling.
2 comments:
Hey the Dutch one of your blog :)))
Because I still have not the money for the rest of the 40 I miss, so when you come home after your longgggg trip get to the post office and buy me the 2008 stamps :) , in return .... uhhh Gouda cheese :)
The lickable half of the postage stamp here!!! Instead of Gouda cheese why dont we send you some real dutch products ( the famous ones)...including some haggis of course from bonnie Scotland. Randomness, well the Costa Rican version of Titanic was one (Banano 4)Our little boat overly packed sinking in the crocodile infested waters of the rio tortugeuro! And Costa Rican style they fixed the football size hole with a life jacket and sticks. Very inventive... they are a great bunch of natives.
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