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The highlight of today was when an Asian tourist in a suit and tie asked me to take his picture in front of the horrific statues of orange cows and chickens erected in the water fountain at Place-des-arts. The inside of the fountain has been painted yellow, and the whole scene is one of the most hideous things I have ever seen in Montreal, coming a very close second to the bleeding tree Christmas lights on McGill College. He handed me his disposable camera and ran to stand in front of it, his posture very straight, arms stiff at his sides, smiling a gigantic school boy smile. It was so charming that I had to consciously force myself to walk away afterwards, and not stalk him for the rest of the afternoon in case he needed me to take more pictures of him, beaming in front of various monstrosities around the city.
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