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Old 05-10-2009, 02:32 AM
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Default Re: Nuns bring bad luck or so it is told in Italy

LOL, I cannot wait to see that!!! How interesting.

Russian culture has lots of superstitions. Some of which are strange, e.g. we spit on children for good luck (3 times), we knock on unpolished unpainted wood (3 times), we spit over our own left shoulders (3 times), we kiss three times on chicks for good luck and greetings. O, 3 times is considered a lucky number (comes from holly trinity -a founding principle of Russian Orthodox church). If a woman dates 3 different man who have the same name (in different times, not at the same time :-), she will likely marry the third one :-) Or if there is a group of three people two of which are name sakes, a third person will have luck.

But there is nothing about scratching balls :-( how sad... LOL
Or and btw, Russian use word eggs instead of balls :-)

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Old 05-10-2009, 06:37 PM
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LOL, I cannot wait to see that!!! How interesting.

But there is nothing about scratching balls :-( how sad... LOL
Or and btw, Russian use word eggs instead of balls :-)
Spanish speakers use the word eggs for balls anche. In Mexico
they even have another word for eggs just to avoid the word eggs.
Do you want eggs? Do you want balls? Where are the eggs. Where
are the balls? Do you have any eggs? Yes, I have two. Do you have
any balls. Yes, I have two. LOL!
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Villa, how did you manage to go out with a nun? I am really intrigued....
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Villa, how did you manage to go out with a nun? I am really intrigued....
Is it remotely possible he was pulling your leg?...................
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Default A pregnant nun

A man is not feeling very well and he decides to go to a doctor.

While he is waiting in the doctor's reception room, a nun comes out of the doctor's office. She looks very ashen, drawn and haggard.

The man goes into the doctor's office and says to the doctor: "I just saw a nun leaving who looked absolutely terrible. I have never seen a woman look worse."

The doctor says: "I just told her that she is pregnant."

The man exclaims: "Oh my, is she?"

The doctor responds: "No, but it sure cured her hiccups."
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Alassiolady, Like I said I use to go out with a nun but
I really did get tired of her telling me none of this and none of that.
Mmmmmm....how did you manage to go out with a nun? was it before she joined the convent? But in saying that my brother met his wife whilst they were both members of the religious order.
Or are you having a joke with me! NUN of this and NUN of that!!!! ah yes I get it now!!
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Old 05-15-2009, 05:24 PM
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Mmmmmm....how did you manage to go out with a nun? was it before she joined the convent? But in saying that my brother met his wife whilst they were both members of the religious order.
Or are you having a joke with me! NUN of this and NUN of that!!!! ah yes I get it now!!
Ciao amore. Alassiolady I would never have a joke with you. Come credi. And just to prove it read the following true story:

The head nun tells the two new nuns that they have to paint their room without getting any paint on their clothes.
So the one nun says to the other, "Hey, let's take all our clothes off, fold them up, and lock the door."

So they do this, and begin painting their room. Soon they hear a knock at the door. They ask, "Who is it?"

"Blind man!"

The nuns look at each other, then one nun says, "He's blind, he can't see. What could it hurt." They let him in.

The blind man walks in and says, "Hey, nice t*ts. Where do you want me to hang the blinds?"

A proposito. By the way, statistics show that 68% of nuns m*st*rb*t*. It's not a sin as long
as they confess. A few hail Mary's and they can do it all over again.

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Too late!! I've heard that one before!! It is my one and only joke and it always goes down well.
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Well Villa
I lived in Rome so I have seen plenty of nuns passing by. Italians ( at least in Rome ) only figuratively touch Iron ... in reality they scratch their balls ! That is considered another - probably more macho way - to send away bad luck or 'touch iron' - What about women ? ... well I haven't seen women react at all when a nun passes by.
(in Rome)women touch their bosom.. the right side of the bosom exactly..
for man, here we scratch our balls always, for every occasion.. I think there is a genetic predisposition for it..
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Old 05-21-2009, 04:22 AM
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