A fun lost in translation moment. (and a note about the natural association-process of a smart mind): ***I need to add pictures I stopped by the mayor's office today (21 Dec 2018), in Tainan City, Republic Of China (Taiwan). I saw that they were setting up a bunch of chairs and making a big display. I wandered around looking for the main office on the second floor of a huge 20-story City Hall building. A security guard came up and asked me if I needed help. I noticed the stars on his uniform, and wondered if he was just a security guard. I thanked him, and took him over to the place with the chairs. I asked, "What's going on?" ( it took several polite re-phrasing of that same question, and much mutual patience, to be understood.) He said the mayor would be talking there tomorrow. Next I took him back over to the mayor's office entrance, or the sign that said the mayor's office, and explained that I needed a card with the mayor's name and address to ...
Since when has Canada exchanged reason for madness?