This is the sort of government costcutting that will save Spain!

Two bills arrive for the company from the Diputación, both rubbish bills, sent out regular as clockwork four times a year. Now, some penny counter in the government has obviously thought that blighter Mr Jackson! He’s costing us TWO stamps every quarter! And hunted through 64,000 preprinted bills to find my two, and stuffed them into one single envelope, thus saving on one stamp. I wonder how much he gets paid an hour? Because even if Continue reading This is the sort of government costcutting that will save Spain!

Garrucha prawns are back!

The infamous Garrucha prawns have returned! All summer long the elusive little blighter vanished from its normal habitats, forcing local fishermen to drydock their boats for the summer. (Although I noticed that most of the local restaurants in Garrucha continued to sell them over the summer, ah hem). The problem even reached Congress, where a question was tabled asking the Environmental Ministry to send down a boffin to find out what had happened. And now, Continue reading Garrucha prawns are back!