Tuesday, 28 June 2011

The Museum's Marathon

Quite a few popular cities have a card which lets you see the major attractions and museums for a discounted flat fee. One day I thought it would be nice to buy a Zurich Card http://www.zuerich.com/de/Besucher/Information/zuerich-card.html and check out some museums I've never came round to see. Then I found myself wondering how many museums we have (apparantly 43) and hey, wouldn't it be friggin crazy to see them all in one day?
Tell me if I'm wrong but I thought everybody besides my one friend Ruth would be pretty bamboozled by my idea so I only told her. Awesome as she is she immediately agreed to join me on this insane quest. I sat down to work and found that there's no way to do this unless it's what is called Die lange Nacht der Museen (the long night of the museums; by the way have you ever noticed how weird the plural of museum sounds? Is that because nobody every takes on more than one? Or is one sophisticated to going to a museum but a culture nerd if it's more than one?)
So why would anyone attempt something like this?
  1. It will be an unforgettable day resulting in a massive museums-hanghover few people have ever experienced.
  2. The camaraderie felt when you share an exorbitantly idiotic mission is extraordinary. 
  3. In a world where everything is structured, micro-managed and geared towards gain it's fun to do something totally different.
  4. Since I've never smoked pot in my life and don't intend to do so I'll need a lot of stories to convince my kids that I've made some boundary-stretching experiences.
  5. In a mad dash of museums-flurry I might actually discover some places that are worth re-visiting
  6. If the museums suck I can save my friends, family and strangers wise enough to take my educated advice precious time, they'd otherwise never ever get back.
  7. There's a French girl at work who sincerely attempts to remember my name each morning but says crazy instead of Krisi. This girl can read vibes, obviously....
Does anyone want to join us? Or how about cooking up our shared IBM (idiotic bonding mission)?

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