Do not be deceived...

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That's very obliging of you. This prospect is so invigorating that I might even partake of a bite of the food, should the occasion arise. But not too much; the Morroccan red I lift from the bargain bin needs room to maneuver.

Hanging out with third-world communists again, eh?

I've had it with communists, third world or otherwise.

Whatever their national origins, Trotskyites make terrible drinking companions. If they aren't bellowing the sodding Internationale at the top of thier lungs, they are crying crocodile tears in the beer. And they're as poor as the mice in a collective farm, so they always asking you to pay them back the money they loaned you.

Even the Stalinists are better than that... unless they are armed. You can't trust them any farther than you can throw a refrigerator, but if they don't have weapons, they are at least somewhat quiet - at least when they're not giving orders. If only they gave more orders for rounds, they'd be almost bearable.

Then there are the intelligentsia. Hoo boy! Sure, they love the working man like an Englishman loves his dog, but ask one for a fiver and all you get a lecture and a firm handshake.

Sod the lot of them.

Never drink with fascists.