The List has been the center of our conversations over the week-end, so I thought I might as well divide it into categories, just to make things a little bit clearer.
The Dr Livingstone “if I ever go missing, don’t bother looking for me around these parts” category
- Nouakchott
- Yaounde
- Cotonou
- Niamey
- Luanda
- Douala
- Djibouti
- Libreville
- Adis Abeba
- Kinshasa
- Bangui
- Dakar
- N’Djamena
- Ouagadougou
The Valium “I can’t believe I got all wound up waiting for the list and this is what I get” category:
- Brussels
- Zurich
- Saarbrücken
- Alicante
The Mollah Omar “I wonder what Mademoiselle Red would look like in a Burqa” category:
- Riyadh
- Djeddah
- Tangiers
The Wikipedia “where the fuck is this ?” category
- Tulear
- Zapopan
The Apocalypse Now “city that most reminds you of a war” category.
- Hanoi
The Brangelina “if we ever go there we’ll have a lot of babies real soon” category
- Copenhagen
The Didier Drogba “most likely name of city to end up as a good nickname for a football player” category
- Pointe Noire (it means black sriker for those of you who don’t speak French)
The Sky News “We’re okay mum, the bomb exploded in the other part of town” category
- Algiers
- Beirut
The Louis Vuitton “how much shopping can a woman do? category.
- Dubai
The Knacky “most likely name of city to trigger sausage jokes” category
- Frankfurt
The Che Guevara “there’s a reason why guerilla is a Spanish word” category
- San salvador
- Guatemala
- Lima
The Club Med “ I found my job on a last minute website ” category:
- Marrakesh
The Never say never “we’d said we’d move North but all of a sudden the South sounds alright too” category
- Athens
- Istanbul
The Prodigal son “If we go there my mum will never forgive me” category
- Hong Kong
- Beijing
- Johannesburg
- Seoul
The Rome “I’m already living in a capital city where nothing happens”category
- Ankara
The Hard to get “I think that would be very cool but so do dozens of other applicants” category
- London
- Barcelona
- Los Angeles
The Toronto “cities that think it’s so funny to have a name that ends in O” category
- Santiago
- Cairo
- Mexico
- Santo Domingo
- Antananarivo
- Bilbao
The Dr Livingstone “if I ever go missing, don’t bother looking for me around these parts” category
- Nouakchott
- Yaounde
- Cotonou
- Niamey
- Luanda
- Douala
- Djibouti
- Libreville
- Adis Abeba
- Kinshasa
- Bangui
- Dakar
- N’Djamena
- Ouagadougou
The Valium “I can’t believe I got all wound up waiting for the list and this is what I get” category:
- Brussels
- Zurich
- Saarbrücken
- Alicante
The Mollah Omar “I wonder what Mademoiselle Red would look like in a Burqa” category:
- Riyadh
- Djeddah
- Tangiers
The Wikipedia “where the fuck is this ?” category
- Tulear
- Zapopan
The Apocalypse Now “city that most reminds you of a war” category.
- Hanoi
The Brangelina “if we ever go there we’ll have a lot of babies real soon” category
- Copenhagen
The Didier Drogba “most likely name of city to end up as a good nickname for a football player” category
- Pointe Noire (it means black sriker for those of you who don’t speak French)
The Sky News “We’re okay mum, the bomb exploded in the other part of town” category
- Algiers
- Beirut
The Louis Vuitton “how much shopping can a woman do? category.
- Dubai
The Knacky “most likely name of city to trigger sausage jokes” category
- Frankfurt
The Che Guevara “there’s a reason why guerilla is a Spanish word” category
- San salvador
- Guatemala
- Lima
The Club Med “ I found my job on a last minute website ” category:
- Marrakesh
The Never say never “we’d said we’d move North but all of a sudden the South sounds alright too” category
- Athens
- Istanbul
The Prodigal son “If we go there my mum will never forgive me” category
- Hong Kong
- Beijing
- Johannesburg
- Seoul
The Rome “I’m already living in a capital city where nothing happens”category
- Ankara
The Hard to get “I think that would be very cool but so do dozens of other applicants” category
- London
- Barcelona
- Los Angeles
The Toronto “cities that think it’s so funny to have a name that ends in O” category
- Santiago
- Cairo
- Mexico
- Santo Domingo
- Antananarivo
- Bilbao