Bogota
About Bogota
Bogotá is the capital and largest city of Colombia. The city is administered as the Capital District, as well as the capital of, though not politically part of, the surrounding department of Cundinamarca. Bogotá is a territorial entity of the first order, with the same administrative status as the departments of Colombia. It is the main political, economic, administrative, industrial, cultural, aeronautical, technological, scientific, medical, educational and airport center of the country and northern South America.
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This guy, Antanas Moccas, was mayor a number of times, and he changed Bogota in so many good ways. He fired all the traffic police, because they were known for being very corrupt and taking lots of bribes. He replaced them with just 20 mime artists, and they would do things like, if a pedestrian crossed the road at the wrong time, the mime artists would chase them or go up to their window and make mocking gestures at them.
from 174: No Such Thing As A Manta Ray, 2017-07-21 at 00:34:49 · read transcript
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As you can imagine, they're not the safety conscious zip-wires that tourists dry when they pop over to New Zealand. You don't want to get your Los Penus stuck in that zip wire, do you? Bogota also has a laziness museum. It's a museum in Bogota, which aims to make people think about the social issues implied in taking a nap, in being jobless, or in feeling that maybe we are wasting our time. Do you want to go to the laziness museum? Nah.
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Wow. It's just an interesting character, isn't he? The idea of being that women felt uncomfortable sometimes because some people thought some parts of Bogota were dangerous at the time, and they feel much more comfortable if they go out and they don't see any men around, which I can tell you guys. I'm so glad you're here to actually qualify the things I've said. I've just gone for the headline.
No Such Thing As A Manta Ray, 2017-07-21 · listen
You think next he's going to get antanuses. It's not his name. Anyway, this guy, Antonus Mokas, is such an awesome guy. So he was married a number of times, and he changed Bogota in so many good ways. This policy really worked. He fired all the traffic police because they were known for being very corrupt and taking lots of bribes. He, at first he replaced them with just 20 MIM artists.
No Such Thing As A Manta Ray, 2017-07-21 · listen
I call him Antanus Mokus. I bet you do, yeah. It's not his name. Oh my God, he's called Mokus. He hired people to make fun of other people. It's perfect, isn't it? You think next he's going to get antanuses. It's not his name. Anyway, this guy, Antonus Mokas, is such an awesome guy. So he was married a number of times, and he changed Bogota in so many good ways.
No Such Thing As A Manta Ray, 2017-07-21 · listen
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