La terra dei cachi
Published January 25, 2008
So … yeah, as you probably have read from all the news websites, we don’t have a government anymore.
Which, in all honesty, is not really the problem.
The problem is that I am starting to get ashamed of my country every day more and more.
The problem is that in Italy we don’t just screw up stuff, we do it with style.
And so it happens that you find total assholes like Umberto Bossi on TV shouting to the cameras: “Elections now, or we will have an armed revolution” (wow, please, I beg you, do it. Maybe we’ll finally get the chance to kill you for good.)
It also happens that a senator, Cusumano, who decided to vote for keeping Prodi as Prime Minister, got attacked in front of everybody by another senator (Barbato), was spitted on the face, and was called a “piece of shit” and “faggot” from other senators.
He later collapsed and was brought to the hospital. (more drama, please)
I bet you can find scenes like this only by walking into a criminal bar in Venezuela after midnight.
Who needs the Sky Sports Channel when you live in Italy?
Switching the TV on during the past 2 days was like having an ongoing World Wrestling Federation event on all channels 24/7.
Sit back on your chair, grab your popcorns, and enjoy the show.
I miss England.
Separated at birth
Published January 21, 2008In addition to my previous post about the shameful shutdown of Italia.it, I wanted to add a video that is quite old and was used as a worldwide advertisment campaign for the Italia.it website.
Now, watch the first video, which is Francesco Rutelli, our Minister of Culture and Tourism, and then the second, which is … Borat.
Our country must not be so different from Kazakhstan after all.
R.I.P. Italia.it
Published January 21, 2008One image sometimes can tell more than 1000 words.
Not even one year ago this website costed the Italian taxpayers 45 friggin million euros (read the full story here if interested), and was shut down this weekend because it was marked as a “failure”.
It was closed without any public statement, without any apology, without any explanation to where the money went.
I could have made the same website, maybe even faster and more functional, in two weeks for 500 euros.
Shame on you all.
It’s official, men are useless in bed
Published January 17, 2008
“The first time I try to sleep with a man it always ends up in a total disaster. They are worried, agitated, they think they have to put up an excellent sex performance. They think: ‘Oh my God, I am going to do it with Arcuri’ and so they miserably fail. I gave up now, and that is why I always give them a second chance.”
These words of wisdom came from italian showgirl/model Manuela Arcuri (or “Arculo” as we know her better in italy).
I don’t know about you, but I would feel incredibly stupid to make such statement to the public. I am not saying that Manuela’s IQ is higher than the one of a leaf of salad, but still. Two suggestions for you, Manu.
First suggestion, if we men suck so much in bed as you say, I got two friends that would gladly help you solve all your problems. Their names are Rocco Siffredi and Ron Jeremy.
Give them a call, I am sure you won’t be disappointed. Oh, and make sure to give a call to the local emergency line as well, you might want to have an ambulance ready out of the door for when they finish their performance.
Second suggestion, if you are feeling unhappy and stressed about your sex life, I heard from a friend that sodium cyanide helps relieving sex related stress.
You should really give it a try.
From an animated gif to a good movie
Published January 8, 2008Being sick in bed and all, I got loads of time to spare which I usually thoughtfully invest in doing … err … nothing.
I was browsing a games forum yesterday afternoon when a gif avatar used by some guy caught my attention and really cracked me up:
I was wondering where that was coming from, and started immediately my Sherlock Holmes “Bored at Home” investigation.
Step 1: www.youtube.com.
Keywords: cop, hilarious, shoot, fun.
I first ended up with a video of a cop shooting his frigging foot during a school demostration, amazing stuff.
After some digging though i came across the full video of the gif movie i had into my hands, yey!
Name of the video: “Benny the Supercop” … hmmm we got a name.
Browsing for a while similar videos and reading all comments, I finally found a possible name: Kopps.
A quick check on www.imdb.com confirms my suspect, that’s my movie. Only drawback: It’s a Swedish movie.
Step 2: www.thepiratebay.org
And guess what: my movie is there. 700mb, straight dvdrip.
ETA: 3 hours 20 minutes. not bad.
Step 3: www.subscene.com
Need english subtitles for my swedish movie. :)
Step 4: Enjoying movie
Movie was cool and EXTREMELY funny.
Props to the swedish production.
My investigation was successful, I was once again victorious.
God bless the internet.