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12.3.07

Athinas Fish Market

On a recent visit to the Athinas fish market I was fascinated to discover that the hall of fishy food has been nedecked with a row of television screens!! A fish-stall owner told a friend and I that each stall owner paid around 1000E for the screen, and the reason for these TVs is to bring the "new technology" vibe into the place, to show that fish sellers are just as "modern" as everyone else! What was wrong with those lovely white mobiles of fish hanging from the ceiling?? Why can't we at least get away from trashy, distracting, media messages while we're eyeing our red mullet or weighing our octopus? Bah, humbug! AA

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