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Syt in Rome - 22nd October

Started by Syt, October 04, 2016, 04:06:07 AM

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Syt

Thanks for the tip. I definitely see myself returning here for short trips, because there's just so much to see and do. :)
I am, somehow, less interested in the weight and convolutions of Einstein's brain than in the near certainty that people of equal talent have lived and died in cotton fields and sweatshops.
—Stephen Jay Gould

Proud owner of 42 Zoupa Points.


Admiral Yi


Razgovory

God, I hope Syt wears clothing at the Vatican.
I've given it serious thought. I must scorn the ways of my family, and seek a Japanese woman to yield me my progeny. He shall live in the lands of the east, and be well tutored in his sacred trust to weave the best traditions of Japan and the Sacred South together, until such time as he (or, indeed his house, which will periodically require infusion of both Southern and Japanese bloodlines of note) can deliver to the South it's independence, either in this world or in space.  -Lettow April of 2011

Raz is right. -MadImmortalMan March of 2017

Syt

I am, somehow, less interested in the weight and convolutions of Einstein's brain than in the near certainty that people of equal talent have lived and died in cotton fields and sweatshops.
—Stephen Jay Gould

Proud owner of 42 Zoupa Points.

Syt

Plan for today: walking via Angel's Bridge to Pantheon and Hadrian's Column to the forum. I hope something funny happens on the way.
I am, somehow, less interested in the weight and convolutions of Einstein's brain than in the near certainty that people of equal talent have lived and died in cotton fields and sweatshops.
—Stephen Jay Gould

Proud owner of 42 Zoupa Points.

Syt

Travelled back today. After the laid-backness of Rome the bickering and complaining East German pensioners at the baggage drop off were doubly sore to the ears.

Had a decent burger with buffalo mozzarella, prosciutto, tomato, and basil at the airport.
I am, somehow, less interested in the weight and convolutions of Einstein's brain than in the near certainty that people of equal talent have lived and died in cotton fields and sweatshops.
—Stephen Jay Gould

Proud owner of 42 Zoupa Points.

CountDeMoney

Quote from: Syt on October 23, 2016, 11:53:09 AM
the bickering and complaining East German pensioners at the baggage drop off were doubly sore to the ears.

I have no frame of reference for that.  :mellow:  Americanize, please?  Would that be like elderly Florida retirees transplanted from New York?

Syt

Imagine elderly people whose facial expression is constantly as if you ripped a loud, stinky fart. Constantly complaining about how everything was better/faster/nicer in X, though home is nicest. Lots of it in sentences that sound like a humorless bureaucrat was their speechwriter.
I am, somehow, less interested in the weight and convolutions of Einstein's brain than in the near certainty that people of equal talent have lived and died in cotton fields and sweatshops.
—Stephen Jay Gould

Proud owner of 42 Zoupa Points.