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I was passing through security screening at the crack of dawn this morning here in Australia when the elderly White officer asked to inspect my bags and inquired, Where are you off too? I replied, Papua New Guinea. to which he responded, Ah Port Morbid or up country? (Morbid, synonyms: ghoulish, diseased, unhealthy, gruesome, grisly, grotesque, ghastly, horrible, unwholesome, death.) I choked down my anger over his diss of Port Moresby and said, Ill be traveling to Port Moresby and throughout the country. He rambled on, Ah mate... I was there all of 1974 and then they turned it over to the natives and everything went to ____ and from what I hear things havent improved any! You stay safe. I replied, Its been 40 years sir.... You should return for a visit. Im sure some of the natives would love to have the opportunity to encounter you again. then I walked straight into the restroom, changed into my sulu and reemerged looking thoroughly native.
Posted on: Wed, 29 Oct 2014 20:02:56 +0000

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