Irish Woman is looking at the website of her favorite paint vendor (yes, she has one of those), and is going through the colors she wants to paint the house.  She’s looking at the “International Flair” collection, and here are a few ideas I had for the company:

• Mogadishu Mauve – 40 years of decayed society mixed in with a little dust and smoke
• Sarajevo Sage – A distressed green, with hints of how beautiful it once was and how beautiful it may well be again
• Helsinki Heather – A soft gray, kind of like the sunlight in Finland in December
• Mexico Mocha – A rich chocolate that seems ready to erupt in a violent fountain of color
• Kabul Khaki – This color will make your home look like it’s been bombed back to the Stone Age at least twice
• Pakistan Pine – A vivid green that seems to work well with the darker elements of Kabul Khaki
• Rhodesia Rose – A rather pinkish color which is hard to find on a map nowadays
• Zimbabwe Zucchini – A dark green that does not go at all well with Rhodesia Rose
• Libya Lilac – A soft purple that occasionally interacts very violently with neighboring hues
• Wallaroo Wine – A deep red that reminds you of the outback and good Australian vintages
• Iridescent Italian Ice – The dazzling white you would get from frozen chunks of Hell if Italian drivers ever stopped trying to take each other’s lives
• Thai Titian – The auburn hair of the girl you picked up at the bar in Bangkok.  At least, you hope she was female.