What Would Martin Love/Hate?

     Let’s play a little game called “What Would Martin Love/Hate” (WWML/H).  For those of you who don’t know who Matt Martin is, he was my roommate freshman year, sports (and movies, and food, and beer) connoisseur, and crotchety grump at-large.  One of the top five smartest people I know, but it seems that he and I disagree on most things.  Anyway, this game might be my favorite thing next to David Letterman’s “Will It Float?” I don’t know how often this will get posted, but Martin loves some things, and hates quite a few, so we’ll see…

This week in WWML/H:

LOVE:  Nut stands—Stop.  Don’t make this dirty.  There are literally food stands in Fez that open up at night (at least during Ramadan) that sell all kinds of nuts and seeds to eat.  They roll newspaper up in the shape of an ice cream cone, only instead of ice cream, you can get peanuts, macadamia nuts, pecans, sunflower seeds, and just about anything else.  And it’s cheap.

HATE:  Faux guides—“False guides” are these guys who wait around at train stations and other high tourist density places, and try to get you to let them carry your bags, get you a taxi, give you a tour, show you a way to your hotel, etc..  They approach you, talk to you, insist on helping you, and expect to be paid.  As Martin would say, “I just want to be left alone.”

Unless you are Matt Martin himself, I encourage you to debate my selections for these posts.  I’m excluding Martin because he’d disagree with me just to be contrary.  Or, if you like, feel free to tell me which of these things you would love/hate, and why Martin would be wrong to feel differently.