Roly Polies

I was in the movie store the other day and to my surprise heard some english being spoken. It turns out they were the exchange kids from the university here in town. Most of them were from Scandanavia and so, by default, their common tongue was english. One of the kids was an American, but he was not an exchange student. He was friends with the group but instead of studying he plays professionally for the Alcoy Roller Hockey Team. HAAAAA! Roller hockey is really quite big here, behind indoor soccer and basketball. He said he grew up playing inline in Seattle and when he graduated from highschool last year he got a call from Spanish scouts here. Pretty slick. He told me that he too always enjoyed meeting other Americans here because it is such a rare occurance. He recounted having met three huge Americans. The Husband, the Wife, the daughter. All huge. Walking around the streets like big fat tomatoes. The three of these characters had crossed the Atlantic to have parts of their stomachs tied off in order to lose some weight, they told him excitedly. He said he was fascinated to hear this, tell me more. In the U.S. this operation costs $45,000 but here it is only $15,000. This is what I learned at the movie store.