GAZETTE

Published by My Big Fat Funny Life

Volume I, Number 020 September 27, 2026

A weekly-ish dispatch from Greece, with questionable authority and excellent coffee.

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Small Cultural Collisions

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Small Cultural Collisions

The tiny Greek habits that quietly confuse anyone who has lived somewhere else.

In Greece your last name comes first, yes can sound like “eh,” goodbye takes six attempts, and even cheek-kissing follows different traffic rules. When someone in the United States asks for your…

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Christmas Day of the Summer

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Christmas Day of the Summer

One supermarket question, 9,792 churches, and the day Greece moves somewhere else.

Thursday night, August 13, I turned to Karen. “Anything else we want to add to OurGroceries?” “OurGroceries” is an app we use…

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New stories are on the way. No need to wait for the next issue.

The Delivery Scooter Has Spoken

Tuesday · September 29

The Delivery Scooter Has Spoken

There are many ways to understand a country. You can study its history. You can examine its economy. You can read academic papers about culture, migration, family structure, religion, bureaucracy, and the long emotional shadow of Ottoman occupation.

Paradise Wasn’t Built for August

Thursday · October 1

Paradise Wasn’t Built for August

Why can it be so difficult to find fresh local fish and a really good tomato on a Greek island? It sounds almost absurd. You are standing on an island. There is sea everywhere. Surely somebody can go out in a boat,…

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Reader Voices

A few voices from readers of this issue.

“So Well put! We didn‘t Plan either and just gave up . Intense !”

— Sindhu Rumpler For: You Do Not Plan the Peloponnese. You Surrender to It.

“Funny Nick!!! We mentioned you in our substack as well. And sent DM.”

— Peloponnese Living For: The Greek Toilet Paper Rule

“you reminded of a joke.. An Italian was in his death bed when Saint Peter stood in front of him and said: You have a last wish The Italian with his eyes half shut said: I want to be Greek. Are you crazy I give you one last wish and you want to become Greek. Why??? Because in Greece everything happens tomorrow.”

— Soulis Roumanas For: Αύριο (avrio=tomorrow) Is Not a Day

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