I am Togo

Does that title mean anything to you in particular? Because up until three days ago, my response to hearing someone say "Togo" would be complete befuddlement. I had certainly heard of Tojo, but not Togo. (Parenthetically, check out this picture of Tojo. What a physique, eh? Hard to believe that stringbean was responsible for some ten million deaths during his time. Overcompensate much, Tojo?)

The reason I bring this whole thing up is because I am going to be in the London Model United Nations next weekend, where a bunch of students get to play as countries in the UN. I am certainly looking forward to trying to funnel some money from corrupt governments towards my personal bank account. Maybe I'll declare a "war on terror" in my country and try to get G.W. to send some fighter plans and a few million smackers my way. On Saturday night there is supposed to be a party on a boat on the Thames for the Model UN people, so I guess it will be like the real UN in that we get to talk shop all day and then use our membership fees to drink and party. Might as well get trained up for a job in government, right? Anyway, while the rest of the students at my school who are participating will be the Czech Republic, I ended up being on the African Union Peace and Security Council. And yes, Gregg, you are seeing "Africa", "Peace", and "Security" all in the same sentence without the words "has no" in there. Hardy har har.

Anyway, I guess all the name-brand countries were taken up on the council, because I ended up with some generic country called Togo. Nothing against the good people of Togo, but I had never heard of your country before. Sorry guys. I've read about and heard of some pretty out of the way countries in my time, but no luck on Togo. Additionally, I was talking to some people from Morocco who made me feel guilty about not hearing of Togo before. Good luck with that guys, I don't think the people in Togo have heard of their country before.

I look forward to my time as Togo, and will be sure to let you know how successful I am representing my new favorite country. Or favourite, as the Brits would say.