An interesting manoeuvre.
Heheh, fun idea!
I doubt if it will get anywhere, though, as I seem to remember that, before Scotland introduced a smoking ban, there was a pub or a cigar shop (or a cigar appreciation club, or something) that tried for a similar deal with Cuba.
I like the idea of the pet llama. ![]()
Slight snag with Peru - a few years ago there was an an anti-smoking ad starring John Cleese where the punchline consisted of something like “why don’t you go and smoke somewhere else… like PERU!” It actually provoked a reaction from the Peruvian embassy which put out a statement saying they weren’t amused and that they prided themselves on the fact that Peru had one of the lowest rates of smoking in the world.
Wisconsin has had some funny ones. Some bars tried hookahs and one bar tried to have it’s township changed to a neighboring one.
I think it sounds pretty cool. And it really could be a boon to Peru, in its own small way–a haven for displaced and transplanted Peruvians in a strange country that doesn’t speak their language.
Word to the wise: Your Spanish sounds way better when both you and your listener are drunk.