Give up already

Italian call to use less English

First the French (phokks - some other ed I read earlier) and now the Italians (oh, there's so many you can put here, I can't choose) want to preserve the "purity" of their language by preventing changes coming from a language that derives largely from theirs. Language evolves, it always has, it always will. Trying to freeze it in time will ultimately freeze them in time too. Which I suppose is fine, we like going to Yurup to see old stuff so why not force it to keep it authentic, I mean al dente?

Ciao.

Why you wish you were in Europe

The only sad thing was, the Austrian team won.

http://news.de.msn.com/Nacktfussball.aspx?cp-documentid=8614838&imageindex=1#8614838

Those Wacky Germans

Mebbe she's been reading the lattice, and wants a taste of Smiff...

Glamorous Bavarian wants law to allow 7-year itch

Here she is boys, and you can be married to her for 7 years, if she gets her way...

ODing Anglo style

She probably did it for street cred...

Girl overdoses on espresso coffee

we're not the only dopes

Do I have to draw a map for you?

London (Reuters) - As many as 11 million British motorists are unable to read a basic road map, according to a survey released Monday.

Sixteen percent of British drivers have become so heavily reliant on satellite navigation systems that they have given up keeping a map in their car.

The survey -- based on a poll of 1,000 UK drivers -- estimated Britons' poor map-reading skills resulted in 36 billion wasted miles being driven each year.

We are living in a golden age (cont)

Mother cuts off 61-year-old son's allowance
Rome, Italy 02 August 2007 01:59

A Sicilian mother took away her 61-year-old son's house keys, cut off his allowance and hauled him to the police station because he stayed out late.Tired of her son's misbehaviour, the pensioner in the central Sicilian city of Caltagirone turned to the police to "convince this blockhead" to behave properly, La Sicilia, one of Sicily's leading newspapers, reported on Thursday.The son responded by saying his mother did not give him a big enough weekly allowance and did not know how to cook."My son does not respect me, he doesn't tell me where he's going in the evenings and returns home late," the woman was quoted as saying. "He is never happy with the food I make and always complains. This can't go on."Police helped the squabbling duo make up and the two returned home together, with the son's house keys and daily allowance restored.Most Italian men still live at home late into their 30s, enjoying their "mamma's" cooking, washing and ironing. -- Reuters

idiots everywhere you look

Zagreb, CROATIA
Fascist Overtones From Rock Fans

Nazis? Never heard of them...