Darf ich als grosser Fan der englischen Fussballnationalmannschaft Ferien an der Algarve buchen, obwohl die Engländer schon viele wichtige Spiele gegen die Portugiesen verloren haben?
Andy Kramer, Wettingen
Go – and go at once, before it’s too late. For years Portugal has beaten England at football, and the English have taken revenge by staging symbolic invasions of Portugal: «holidays», you call them. The English arrive with pockets full of strong pounds, humiliate Portuguese taxi drivers by paying for a five-euro crosstown ride with a ten-euro note and saying: «Keep the change, mate», before getting drunk and symbolically vomiting all over Portuguese soil. But hurry! The financial industry, which kept Britain afloat, has collapsed. The pound is plummeting. Soon Portuguese tourists will be invading Britain and telling you: «Keep the change, mate.» This is your last chance.
Simon Kuper
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