Comments on: Are Italians naturally dull?

By: Fighting Ire With Fire | 6000 miles from civilisation...

Fighting Ire With Fire | 6000 miles from civilisation... — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 14:07:24 +0000

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By: 6000

6000 — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 16:33:50 +0000

@Chiara: Brilliant comment. Best laugh I’ve had in a long time. The criticism that I have stereotyped Italians based on their sport was probably partially valid, but was then sadly blown COMPLETELY away by your hilarious assertion that all Brits stereotype other countries.
Er… did you just… er… stereotype the Brits?

I think you did.

Anyway, the post was sarcastic and light-hearted. Something which every other reader seems to have noticed.

By: Chiara

Chiara — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 15:24:51 +0000

Boy

I used to like your blog, but I really didn’t expect you passing judgment on a whole nation based on their performance in sport. I seriously think you’ve spent too much time in the UK and filled yourself with all stereotypes about other nations just like the Brits do. How sad.

Maybe you could have made some sort of an effort trying to unveil the reasons beyond Italians being shitty at all sorts of sports.

But I guess, it’s easier to sit down and tap away about those well known stereotypes….

By: Fleet of Worlds

Fleet of Worlds — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 23:19:46 +0000

I used to work with an Italian guy who said the worry about Italian girls was that one day, between the ages of 35 and 45, and somewhat in the style of a self-inflating life-raft, the olive skinned, glowing, dark haired curvy temptress turns into a vaguely spherical and prune-like apparition in black. Perhaps sitting on top of a Donkey. My friend Enzo maintained that his happened to his Mama in the space of a night, and the screams of horror of his Papa upon waking the next morning could be heard across Sicily. Fleet of Worlds's last blog post was: Wishful thinking from Pravda (Note: 6000 miles... is not responsible for the content of external internet sites)

By: Goblin@Work

Goblin@Work — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 12:01:42 +0000

So like, what the heck is going on man? Where are the updates! I have a legitimate excuse of not writing out of laziness so you better have an excuse as good as that lined up! Goblin@Work's last blog post was: Do not want. (Note: 6000 miles... is not responsible for the content of external internet sites)

By: platkuif

platkuif — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 08:57:48 +0000

i must agree..Italian sport is not what it used to be…BUT there are NOTHING wrong with Italian girls

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By: Fleet of Worlds

Fleet of Worlds — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 18:00:02 +0000

Off-topic(ish), and slightly paraphrased, but I was always most struck by the comment of the late lamented James Hunt, who said something along the lines of…

“People watch Grand Prix in order to see someone die, and for £1M per year I’m willing to take the risk that it might be me”.

Those were the glory days of F1 IMHO.

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By: DelBoy

DelBoy — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 04:35:13 +0000

As someone who lived in Italy for 3 years, I can’t but agree with you – the spectators are the most excitable people in the world, but when it comes to competing, it’s all about “not losing” and not about “winning”. They are the most defensive people in the world (except maybe Valentino… you know, my mate the motorcyclist!)

Now if you really want passion, get out there and eat REAL Italian food – not the pastas in your local Italian restaurant, but the food that real Italians eat at home!

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By: Gordonasinbay

Gordonasinbay — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 20:24:39 +0000

Italians are indeed naturally dull.

Their apparently volatile appearance is just a front.

They do it to make their restaurants seem somehow “charming”.

They react violently on a football pitch to liven up an otherwise boring performance.

I love them all really…

By: Henry Crun

Henry Crun — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 11:05:52 +0000

Agreed on the annoying habit of commentators referring to sportspeople as if they are on first name terms with them. More annoying is the referring to said sportspeople by their nicknames, usually a contraction of the first or surname suffixed by -o or -s, e.g, David James = Jamo (pronounced Jay-mo); Frank Lampard = Lamps. But the thing that really really really gets my goat is pluralisation. Such as when people say "Yer Arsenals, Chelseas and Manchester Uniteds of this world" Or "Yer John Terrys of this world". Henry Crun's last blog post was: Euro 2008: Germany v Portugal (Note: 6000 miles... is not responsible for the content of external internet sites)