Non-human entities
I have just noticed that the visa application form for Mozambique, which I downloaded from the ever-helpful interwebnet, asks me to sign at the bottom. It indicates where i should sign, by saying ‘Signature of applicant or applying entity’.
This is handy, as I am in fact a sentient succulent from the arid desert planet Xygron. I have long yearned to kick back and photosynthesise on the gorgeous Pacific beaches of Mozambique. I do not have a signature, as such, but my unique leaf print will identify me from my fellow plant-people.
I like it that they don’t discriminate. It makes a change from the Namibian visa form, that requests you specify whether you are ‘physically defective or mentally deficient’ before they’ll stamp your passport
I am clearly doing no work. Bad. Very bad.
November 17th, 2006 at 3:29 pm
Good to know that htey are being open-minded.
The Americans aren’t so open minded. They ask if you are planning to commit a terrorist act in their country. And apparently if you say yes, they won’t let you in!
November 17th, 2006 at 3:47 pm
Who in their right mind would ever say yes? What a stupid bloody question. Mind you, they won’t let you in if you’re HIV positive either.
November 17th, 2006 at 8:34 pm
tis not like you to precede a relaxing break with some high-level stress.. why does the word ‘dipstick’ come back to me over and over??
November 20th, 2006 at 10:44 am
VSO Hard Core
The Perils of life as a volunteer in Cambodia:
http://www.khmer440.com/?p=590
The Perils of life as a volunteer in Cambodia 2
http://www.khmer440.com/?p=591
VSO Cambodia’s Motto: Burn the Witch; guilty until proven very guilty.
November 20th, 2006 at 1:50 pm
Dipstick? Oh god – I can’t remember. Was it terrible? Was I drunk? Maybe the trauma affected my memory. I seem to remember ‘leaving things to the last possible minute’ may have contributed to the stress though. Some things never change.
November 22nd, 2006 at 8:33 pm
Ugh. Speaking of stupid bloody questions, just a few years ago, I was helping a friend study for his U.S. citizenship test. I was horrified to see that they still ask an applying immigrant whether she is now–or ever has been–a member of the communist party. I still don’t want to believe it. Can’t the feds at least phase out one brand of official intimidation/persecution before they jump headlong into the next round?
November 23rd, 2006 at 2:20 am
Sentient succulent.
Funniest thing I have read all week.