More drunken conversations

This should be read with other drunken conversation enteries. Such as this.

CONSULATE?? EMBASSY??
Previously in slurred speech, somebody may be inspired by Singapore's decision to establish an Embassy in Rome and ask what is the difference between a Consulate and an Embassy.

WHAT IS A CONSULATE?
A Consulate is actually like a mini-Embassy. It does all the administrative stuff. Like visa application, birth, death and marriage registration, helping out fellow citizens who may be living in or traveling through the host country. Headed by a Consular. Or Consular General or Honorary Consular.

WHAT IS AN EMBASSY?
An Embassy will probably contain a consular section which is the office to handle the work of a consulate. There will be a military arm headed by a military attaché. Besides handling the administration, it does work to promote the country to the host country be it in business relations, political associations or military cooperations. Increasingly, culture and the arts are also promoted. It is headed by an Ambassador.

HIGH COMMISSIONS?
What's interesting for Singapore as a member of imperialism Commonwealth is that the Embassies in another Commonwealth country are called High Commissions. And these are headed by High Commissioners.

PRETTY NUNS FOR VATICAN?
And because there exists abhorrations like the Vatican, there are also Apostolic Nunciature which is the Embassy/High Commission equivalent to the Holy See (what see?). Headed by a Nuncio. No, there are not pretty nuns. That would be Nun Chio or Chio Nuns.

Not bad. This is when there's too much vodka in your body and it purges itself out as factoids. I belong to the back of cereal boxes mainly.