"We pretend to work, they pretend to pay us" - Soviet saying
On Monday we had the opportunity to go on several trips to different businesses and operations around Klaipeda, which is the only ice-free port in the Baltic. The second visit of the day was to the Kalipeda State Seaport Authority. We were given a presentation on the port by the marketing director....a middle aged awesome Russian guy. He had a sweet accent that sounded like Shawn Kuykendall/Leon Kerensky, and he spoke decent English. But he kept calling people out for falling asleep in his presentation, and he said some ridiculous stuff like... "Klaipeda port ees a giant sausage, I don't know what to do with it". He also liked to say "those big motha ships" whenever he talked about tankers.
Basically he was Nick Mud with better handwriting.
My favorite moment happened when he was describing ISPS..."Which stands for....internationally...system...at the different ports from around world for...uh...security"
...Now that I think about it, maybe he was telling us what ISDPAWUS stands for. I applaud him for his effort.
Amazin'. Best post yet. -- Katherine
ReplyDelete