King Kong on a Scooter
Posted: December 9, 2012 Filed under: expats, Reflections, Stories, transport | Tags: motorbike, wife, word hanoi 4 Comments »
My latest column for The Word is proof, if you hadn’t realised it already, that being married to a strong Vietnamese woman gives you plenty of material to write.
My wife suggests I buy an Air Blade. A friend of hers has one.
“You could put your shopping under the seat.”
I don’t do any shopping. I’m not trusted to do shopping. I’d apparently only pay too much.
I put my foot down. If we’re talking automatics I definitely don’t want a Honda SH. They’re universally driven by morons. The Honda asSHole: for people with an SUV attitude but not quite the money to back it up. The Honda SHithead. I could go on.
Read it in full here. Click the pic of the Word to download the full magazine.
Steve,
Please stop writing articles that are based on ‘my wife said that…’. These are your most boring posts, and frankly provoke pity instead of awwwww how cute feeling that I think you are aiming for. It is interesting and fun to have a local spouse, but your column shouts LOOK I HAVE A VIETNAMESE WIFE AND I AM AN AKWARD TAY!
Thank you
Liza, I suggest you just stop reading – I’m not about to change how or what I write.
yeah, don’t listen to her. I loved this piece. I thought it was one of the best written things in the Word this month. And informative, too, not just aw-inducing… I hope whatever bike you DO get suits.
Thanks Elizabeth. We just spent all our money on Christmas and Christmas presents – looks like I’m sticking with the old, too small, bike for some time yet. Not entirely unhappy about that.