Wednesday, July 15, 2009

To ti ne treba!


I don't speak very good Serbian. Znam samo malo, ali ucim jezik. But I have picked up a lot since I arrived two weeks ago, and so anytime I can pick up on passing conversations, it is really fun.


One thing I do understand, though, are the huge letters H-I-V spelled out in condoms.

They were passing these out for free at Exit, which gives you an idea into what was on people's minds at the festival. As I walked by it on Day 2, I saw an overweight Serbian dude bending down to grab one out of the box.

"To ti ne treba!" his friend mocked. You don't need that!

The nearly 20 seconds of uncontrollable laughter this sparked inside me -- back breaking, lose-your-breath laughter -- is why I always try and learn the language.

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