Tony Grist (poliphilo) wrote,
Tony Grist
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Duty

A Pakistani visitor congratulated me yesterday on having fathered three children. You have "done your duty by your nation," he said.

I laughed good-humouredly.

Being around Pakistanis is like being around a bunch of Victorian aunts and uncles. I tread carefully for fear of causing outrage.
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