One of the true pleasures of travelling is reading the local newspaper and the good folk at the Westin Denarau delivered a copy of the Fiji Sun to our door each morning.
Ah. Fiji. Such an uncomplicated place...
And it's nice to see standards being maintained somewhere in the world. Take this story from the front page of Thursday's edition...
Grog Vomit Priests Face Ban
By Maika Nagalu
The Methodist Church does not allow its ministers to drink too much grog, and if anyone is found vomiting from it, he will be suspended, said its General Secretary, Reverend Ame Tugau.
He said that the church had been practicing all this proceedures from a long time. However, he said that they only drink grog during occasion and not something that they do every day.
For my American reader, 'grog' is Aussie slang for booze.
Now isn't this a comforting story? It's nice to know that if you're a minister in the Methodist Church in Fiji, you're allowed to drink yourself under the table, but a technicolour yawn is going to get you suspended.
Now THAT's called maintaining standards!
2 comments:
i so love the way they just call it "grog". what a hoot, this had me in stitches.
i wonder if they buy it from the grog shop, or if they have grog slaves who go and get it for them.
and i wonder on what 'occasions' particularly is one allowed to induldge in grog. during a service perhaps???
welcome home, chester. good to have you back :)
What a marvelous story. Are you a subscriber now? I hope so! I look forward to more news from Fiji.
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