The Whelanator Deals With The Greek Police

By Jim Whelan

Saturday, September 8, 2007

I was taking pictures of ancient Greece a day or two back with my wife. The way this works is that I go stand in front of some building or artifact, and she snaps away getting pictures of me. About every two hundred frames I manage to get one of her.

So we was followin this routine in front of the Agora, and several nearby places when we got accosted by the Greek police, who told us we couldn't take pictures.

Now as many of you know, I get a little perturbed with the police; who are usually American, and who like to tell me what I can and can't do, at least according to them.

Being I was in a furren country, I gave them the benefit of the doubt, but they outwore my good attee tude. So I confronted them.

There was a lot of hootin and hollerin.

If you have been around Greeks, that can get plenty loud.

I wanted to know where the signs were that said "NO PICTURES."

Finally after listening to them shout for 15 minutes we went back to taking pictures. This made them shout even louder.

I shouted. They shouted. They made some gestures. I made some gestures. We glared at them. They glared at us.

Then...as fast as they appeared...they disappeared.

Just like in America.

Maybe we learned this from them.

From the big saddle,
Jim Whelan