This cartoon is my favorite item from the Planeta Moldova website, a collection of satirical, mainly self-deprecating, humor put together by some merry Moldovans.
The plot of this story-in-song is that people from all around the world are seized with envy about not being Moldovans. Then, they all deal with their envy by traveling to Moldova in a rocketship. Really.
Luckily, someone else has already gone to the trouble of translating some of the lyrics of the catchy song, along with the soundtracks from some of the other Planeta Moldova videos. The premise - universal envy at not being Moldovan - seems unlikely, unless (or maybe especially if) you've ever spent any time there. The country has some amazingly beautiful places - see photo below - very warm people, and a pleasantly laid-back pace (see here for my take about it from a couple of years ago).
Near Soroca, Moldova, Aug. 4, 2006.But of course my own "invidia" may be based on the fact that, while I've been there once every year going back to 1999, when I spent the whole summer there, I've only ever visited in the summer, which I've been told is much more pleasant than the winter.
1 comments:
don't sweat it dude. I hear Moldovan chicks hibernate in the winter, like bears. Under rocks and in caves. Not becayse they can't afford homes or electricity, that's just how they roll. And sleep. for 5 months. I wish I could do that.
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