New Blogger Joins - meet 'Catfish'
Just thought I'd start the New Year (hope it's a good one for you all) by introducing a friend of mine, Catfish (or 'Harcsabajusz', as he is known in his native Hungarian) who will be joining the Central Budapest Blogging team - that's a generous use of the word 'team' isn't it?
I know what you're thinking, he's flipped. Or perhaps, he's so desperate for company he's got a ventriloquist dummy for a friend. Well, guilty on both counts, so get over it you lot.
Thing is Catfish has been giving me a hard time for years telling me how little I understood about Hungarian culture and life. In fact, he never misses an opportunity to underline and repeat the obvious. Just yesterday he asked the waiter for a menu in English so I could understand it - even after 15 years he thinks I can't read a menu. I'm never quite sure why he does things like this, is it because, as a foreigner, I am essentially stupid? Or is it to make it clear to everyone else that he has foreign friends? Truth is I don't know, so I thought I'd invite him in to speak for himself.
The other thing is Catfish thinks whatever the government does (whatever the current persuasion) is just great. Obviously I have a problem with this, because... well... they are the government (whatever the current persuasion).
Anyway, I don't want to be accused of putting words in his mouth, so I'm hoping Catfish will find time in his busy schedule real soon to explain some of the mysteries of Hungarian life. And as far as I know, Catfish will be the world's first blogging ventriloquists dummy - he's real proud of that.
First I just need to think this through a little more to see if it's a good idea. After all, I don't mind messing around with other people's heads, but messing with my own is a step too far. And I'm still haunted from watching Magic and the dummy Corky years ago.
n.b. just to give credit where it is due, the mustache was borrowed from Norbert Wiczek (for some freakish facial hair, just look at the winner of the 'freestyle' category).
