örkény rocks

i've been reading hungarian short stories on the planes this weekend.

stolen from more one minute stories by örkény:

experts at the south-transdanubian deep drill company of suttolapocka received quite a surprise yesterday when, having reached a depth of 2200 meters, instead of oil, a sea of tennis shoes shot up from the dig and headed straight for the sky. the quality controllers of the duna shoe factory who rushed to the spot ascertained that the tennis shoes satisfy the most stringent quality requirements. it is hoped that the suttolapocka discovery will provide not only for the domestic market, but will also help us fulfill our contractual agreenment with the afghanistani ministry of foreign trade.

heh.

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