PARTLY FACETIOUS: The difference between words ‘micro’ and ‘macro’

“I propose that…”

“Micro or macro proposal?”

“I don’t understand.”

“Is it related to you personally, or is it related to the country?”

“Well, that’s a silly question, I mean what happens in the country does impact on me.”

“What happens in the country must stay in the country.”

“That’s not quite possible given the pervasive social media, not only in this country but also in foreign countries…”

“I have it on good authority…”

“How good?”

“OK so I saw on television our Interior Minister stating that those sitting abroad maligning our institutions on social media will be extradited, and then I saw the Interior Minister talking to the UK High Commissioner…”

“Right, but she is no more than a post office in this case and…”

“And you should see the glass as half full, my friend.”

“That if we can get them extradited…”

“Good heavens, no, that the West has seen it appropriate to send women ambassadors here.”

“What?”

“You don’t expect women ambassadors to be appointed in Afghanistan, do you!”

“Well, the British Ambassador is a woman, who else?”

“The US Ambassador is also a woman.”

“Ah, you are wrong there – she is an acting ambassador, President Trump is engaged in diplomacy directly with our Prime Minister and chief of defence forces (CDF)…”

“When last the two men met, the office of the CDF was yet to be…”

“Don’t be persnickety.”

“So you reckon we must focus on India having a full-time US Ambassador and not us.”

“No, what you must focus on is that Pakistan is probably one of the few countries in the world, perhaps the only one, that President Trump is engaged in diplomacy with and…”

“That’s certainly true, and the credit goes to…”

“Thank you yes.”

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