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| Newspaper sponsors German ’invasion’ of Italian beach |
| 2003-07-11 |
| Germany’s Bild newspaper is organising a free flight for Germans to the Italian resort of Rimini in an attempt to prove wrong the Italian minister who called Germans "hyper-nationalistic", loud and arrogant. "Bild will show how friendly, cheerful and pleasant German holidaymakers really are," the top-selling daily said, continuing a campaign against the comments from Italian junior minister Stefano Stefani that prompted Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder to cancel his Italian holiday. Bild staged a "beach demonstration" in front of the Italian embassy in Berlin yesterday with topless models on deckchairs to prove how "beautiful, sexy and charming" the Germans are. The embassy was not immediately available for comment. Too busy looking out the window at the boobies. Bild also published a list of Italian phrases German tourists may need in "these difficult times". The phrases include:
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| Posted by:Steve |
| #7 I agree Dar, we have beautiful women here (and not so beautiful ones of course). And they do shave. This has all turned out to be a ridiculous affair. Schroeder is once again resorting to a "popularistic" stance to divert attention from other problems. Nice side effect: The Berlusconi government seems to run into troubled water. Not to fire the guy responsable for tourism who insults German tourists (German tourists account for 40% of all visitors and spend nearly 10bn of Euro a year in Italy) is not the smartest thing to do though. |
| Posted by: True German Ally 2003-7-11 2:39:38 PM |
| #6 "My nipples explode with delight!" |
| Posted by: mojo 2003-7-11 2:11:55 PM |
| #5 "Izzat you' husband or somebody leave 'im here?" "Yeah. 'At wine, she's-a pooty ruff an' red, but she'sa no make-a you burp like-a dat beer!" "I like-a babes wit' bosoms and no moustaches!" "You like-a some sauerkraut to go wit' that linguini?" |
| Posted by: Fred 2003-7-11 1:43:32 PM |
| #4 Now why don't the French try to woo American tourists back this way? Kalle--Man, some of the most beautiful women I have ever seen were in Germany! I can still remember vividly this one long, tall, gorgeous blonde with the sexiest accent I have ever heard--a mixture of German, Oxford English (from her native-English English instructors), and American South (from spending time as an exchange student in Texas). Yowsa! |
| Posted by: Dar 2003-7-11 1:31:18 PM |
| #3 Were the topless ladies imported from Russia, or did they sport hairy legs and underarms? |
| Posted by: Kalle (kafir forever) 2003-7-11 1:18:54 PM |
| #2 Bild staged a "beach demonstration" in front of the Italian embassy in Berlin yesterday with topless models on deckchairs to prove how "beautiful, sexy and charming" the Germans are. What the Italians will probably end up with are the same type of Germans I saw in Mombasa: middle-aged, heavy, surly, and arrogant. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2003-7-11 1:11:29 PM |
| #1 Boy, what an opportunity to produce a Pythonesque German-Italian phrase book! |
| Posted by: mojo 2003-7-11 11:34:58 AM |