Leon J. Podles :: DIALOGUE

 One would think this sign is superfluous: 
 No esta permitido nadar - is not allowed swimming
But this guy tried to climb on the iceberg:

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I think this is for real, unless Sascha Baron Cohen has a new persona.   TAZ interviewed two Kok-Boru players in Kyrgyzstan. The sport was, for reasons that will become clear, outlawed when the country was part of the Soviet Union. My translation:   
TAZ: Herr Taigashkaeb, what goes on in Kok-Boru?

Ruslan Taigashkaeb: Two teams with four players [...]

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