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No place for trivia

By Vincent Boland

Published: July 18 2008 03:00 | Last updated: July 18 2008 03:00

Volkan walks out of his house one morning to discover that, overnight, Turkey has joined the European Union. The first thing he notices is that everybody has become blond. Then he is offered muesli for breakfast instead of his usual bread, cheese and tea. His sister has moved in with her boyfriend. And his two best (male) friends have fallen in love and plan to get married.

Then he wakes up.

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