Obviously, the marketing bods reckon that zillions of Italians have discovered that their knowledge of my good old mother tongue is not quite up to scratch, which is why, and it happens every year in this period, the TV screens are starting to fill up with adverts trying to persuade you to buy some … [Read more...]
ASBOs and Baby Gangs
August 30, 2005 By Leave a Comment
This story makes worrying reading. A 16 year old killer is bad enough, but a 14 year old gunman? What the blazes is going on? How can we let society get to this stage? It's bad news, in every sense.Now I don't know if the UK is the first country in the world to introduce these Anti-Social … [Read more...]
Weighty matters
August 30, 2005 By Leave a Comment
There is this old saying in English 'You are what you eat', well, the Italian equivalent might well be 'You are what you wear', and of course to wear the right gear, you need the right figure. Yes, this beautiful country adores beautiful people and Italians will go to great lengths … [Read more...]
Losing things
August 29, 2005 By Leave a Comment
Sometimes losing something makes you feel ever so good. For instance, this blogger has lost 3 kilos since he got back on the 17th of August. … [Read more...]
Much maligned members of society
August 29, 2005 By Leave a Comment
Traffic wardens are about as popular as mouldy mushrooms in the UK, however, one of these loveable individuals writes a mean blog.Worth checking out in my humble op: Walking the Streets. … [Read more...]
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