Soffro di cervicale / colpo d'aria
May 15th 2014, 6:50 am
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Re: Soffro di cervicale / colpo d'aria
I had my first baby in Milan and one day I was out walking with the pushchair - as it was drizzling I had the plastic rain cover over it. An old lady came and gave me an earful about how I was suffocating the poor baby and to take off the cover immediately 
May 15th 2014, 1:26 pm
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Re: Soffro di cervicale / colpo d'aria
Congratulations on your first born and did you punch the old biddy in the face?
May 15th 2014, 8:10 pm
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Re: Soffro di cervicale / colpo d'aria
I suppose I shouldve mentioned Duffer that first baby is now 28 
May 16th 2014, 6:16 am
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May 19th 2014, 6:05 am
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Re: Soffro di cervicale / colpo d'aria
Yes, those things - I have a dim dim memory that they may have been a fashion (as in look pretty daft) in Britain for a pretty short time eons ago. But they just seem to go on and on in Italy. I'm pretty sure I've seen someone wearing one in the deep south in May.
Or maybe they are some sort of sweatbox slimming system.
Health and, er, awareness of it is a massive subject in Italy.
What about the bleedin' liver obsession?
The Roman empire remains a mystery to me - the only possible clue I've ever found for the inexplicable straying so far from home/the sun and the best food in the world was in the Brit Lake District - I seem to remember that a particularly impressive hill fortress was staffed mainly by folks from other bits of the empire.
I find it hard to believe to be honest that Italians are that different and though I'm an atheist the human body strikes me as a pretty amazing tough and extremely adaptable thing - I can only conclude that this apparent "delicacy" of so many Italians is the result of mental conditioning from an extremely early age - anyone got any stats on births in particular months? - I can imagine a fair few Italian imminent newborns just refusing to come out on certain days - "I don't care what the books say, I'm not coming out before June"
Or maybe they are some sort of sweatbox slimming system.
Health and, er, awareness of it is a massive subject in Italy.
What about the bleedin' liver obsession?
The Roman empire remains a mystery to me - the only possible clue I've ever found for the inexplicable straying so far from home/the sun and the best food in the world was in the Brit Lake District - I seem to remember that a particularly impressive hill fortress was staffed mainly by folks from other bits of the empire.
I find it hard to believe to be honest that Italians are that different and though I'm an atheist the human body strikes me as a pretty amazing tough and extremely adaptable thing - I can only conclude that this apparent "delicacy" of so many Italians is the result of mental conditioning from an extremely early age - anyone got any stats on births in particular months? - I can imagine a fair few Italian imminent newborns just refusing to come out on certain days - "I don't care what the books say, I'm not coming out before June"
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May 19th 2014, 11:43 am
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Re: Soffro di cervicale / colpo d'aria
Yes, those things - I have a dim dim memory that they may have been a fashion (as in look pretty daft) in Britain for a pretty short time eons ago. But they just seem to go on and on in Italy. I'm pretty sure I've seen someone wearing one in the deep south in May.
Or maybe they are some sort of sweatbox slimming system.
Health and, er, awareness of it is a massive subject in Italy.
What about the bleedin' liver obsession?
The Roman empire remains a mystery to me - the only possible clue I've ever found for the inexplicable straying so far from home/the sun and the best food in the world was in the Brit Lake District - I seem to remember that a particularly impressive hill fortress was staffed mainly by folks from other bits of the empire.
I find it hard to believe to be honest that Italians are that different and though I'm an atheist the human body strikes me as a pretty amazing tough and extremely adaptable thing - I can only conclude that this apparent "delicacy" of so many Italians is the result of mental conditioning from an extremely early age - anyone got any stats on births in particular months? - I can imagine a fair few Italian imminent newborns just refusing to come out on certain days - "I don't care what the books say, I'm not coming out before June"
Or maybe they are some sort of sweatbox slimming system.
Health and, er, awareness of it is a massive subject in Italy.
What about the bleedin' liver obsession?
The Roman empire remains a mystery to me - the only possible clue I've ever found for the inexplicable straying so far from home/the sun and the best food in the world was in the Brit Lake District - I seem to remember that a particularly impressive hill fortress was staffed mainly by folks from other bits of the empire.
I find it hard to believe to be honest that Italians are that different and though I'm an atheist the human body strikes me as a pretty amazing tough and extremely adaptable thing - I can only conclude that this apparent "delicacy" of so many Italians is the result of mental conditioning from an extremely early age - anyone got any stats on births in particular months? - I can imagine a fair few Italian imminent newborns just refusing to come out on certain days - "I don't care what the books say, I'm not coming out before June"
