Saturday, November 7, 2009

Wallis and Futuna



Population: More than a few thousand, much less than a hundred thousand.
Located: In the middle of nowhere.
Known for: It's not.

Wallis and Futuna are a couple of impossibly beautiful specks in the middle of the Pacific. Not many people live there and not much happens. The inhabitants are Polynesian and the islands are administered by France. Polynesians are big and savage and Frogs are poofters. The Dutch found the islands, the British backed up their findings and the Frogs sent out some missionaries. The missionaries sent back a request for French protection because the islanders tried to eat them, I assume.

Now the islanders don't eat missionaries anymore, they eat croissants and little wafers which represent the body of Christ.

Cannibalism for poofters.

The islanders now celebrate Bastille Day, which is a celebration of something that happened long before the first frog's legs hopped ashore bearing pastry treats and threats of eternal damnation.

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