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On Union Suits:
I graduated last year, and moved to America (well, Canada actually - but it turned out they didn't want me) to check it out. After spending all my savings (not much) I decided to get a job. Nothing fancy, working in a cafe or whatever would do. Surely the whole economic crisis thing hadn't affected the service industry. People still want cake and beer, no?

Such was my thinking.

Two months later and still no job. My flatmate and a friend from just down the road were in the same boat. Misery loves company so we hung out a lot, drinking 40s (the single greatest creation of American culture) and playing video games, as you do.

To fully embrace the experience it was decided that we needed to do this while wearing union suits, so we hunted some down in an army surplus shop. They were $20 apeice, far too expensive for our meagre budgets at the time.

Now we all have jobs and can afford them, but can't justify wearing one as productive members of society. It just wouldn't be right.

I'm waiting for someone to ask me to explain the concept of catch-22 so I can use this as an example.
(Mon 6th Apr 2009, 23:43, More)