Been watching some old West Wing episodes. Witty government officials on speed, saving the world and putting out four fires an episode.

I think this is how the screen writers would like their government to be: the country in hands of smart, principled people with a sense of humor.

Translating this to Belgian government could be fun. Picture the settings: way less luxurious than the West Wing, but still not bad. I’ve seen the inside of a ministry not long ago, and it was not the seventies beige i pictured – rather utilitarian business-like.

Two ministry clerks in their office, bespectacled and in their fifties.
A: “Have you seen the folder on the European Directive concerning polish sausages ?”
B: “That’s for the Ministry of Health, is it not ?”
A: “Well, we sent it to them, but it came back this morning.”
B: “That ministry’s in the hand of the center-democrats, isn’t it ?- maybe we can leak this to the press to make them look bad.”
A: “Maybe so, but it’ll have to be tomorrow. It’s five pm.”
B (packing up): “So it is ! See you tomorrow”
A (taking his coat): “See you tomorrow”

Mmmh. A bit lacking in glamour, sex and violence, somehow.

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