How to spot your compatriot in a crowd
by Map on August 19th, 2008 (Permalink)
Not difficult if you happened to be a Russian. Yesterday I was waiting in line in a pharmacy, and there was a woman before me who walked carefully, leaning heavily on her walker. Something was strange in her posture, and then I figured what it was: she was wearing shoes with high heels. Even before she started to talk to her husband I knew: she was a Russian.

August 20th, 2008 at 2:22 am
In mid-August, eh? Do you have an explanation of this phenomenon?