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Friday, February 01, 2008

«Speed» in Armenia

You know the movie Speed with Sandra Bullock and what's-his-name guy with big muscles? The one where an ex-cop turned terrorist puts a bomb on a city bus and they have to drive around at no less than 50 miles an hour so it won't explode? I was just imagining the same movie set in today's Armenian reality. You know what? IT WON'T BE THE SAME! Given the same premise, you will get a totally different movie, and here is why:

1. The bus would be so full the cop wouldn't be able to jump onto it

2. The stunts with the cop going under the bus moving at full speed would be impossible, because the cop's pointy shoes would catch on the wiring or moving parts and it would be the end of him.

3. The guy in a fancy car wouldn't surrender his vehicle to the police, merely resorting to four-letter words, like he does in the American version. He would stop the car, get out, tell the policemen who his uncle is, then call up the bros in white Nivas and beat the crap out of the cop.

4. A random girl on the bus wouldn't know how to drive.

5. The bomb wouldn't explode when triggered, because the parts used by the terrorist would be low quality imports from China.

6. The government wouldn't be able to come up with the amount of cash ransom requested by the terrorist, because the total would exceed the country's GNP.

7. In the end, the terrorist would bribe the police, escape punishment and open a business making bombs for the oligarchs trying to eliminate each other prior to the presidential elections.

Yeah...

1 Comments:

At 7:19 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

Looks like you put some thought into this. Anyway I recently took up skateboarding, and I have been having loads of fun. I sadly broke my collar bone though . the doctor says I should be COMPLETELY better in about six weeks. i'll start skateboarding again after that. :)

 

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