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Old 12-15-2008, 11:40 PM
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I love a good stereotype

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Old 12-16-2008, 05:24 AM
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Seeing stuff like this just makes my whole face and body cringe involuntarily.
You kinda want to laugh but you know things just aren't that way.
Would really like to laugh at this but I just can't.

Once you learn Italian and or live in Italy all those stereotypes just fade away.

Stereotypes can instigate prejudice and false assumptions about entire groups of people, including
the members of different ethnic groups, social classes, religious orders, the opposite sex, etc.

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Old 12-16-2008, 05:52 AM
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O come on villa. You have to be able to laugh at yourself, if you get offended than you're guilty. It doesnt bother me one bit. Call me whatever you want and portray me anyway you want. I know how we really are and thats all that matters. Laugh a little! Don't be so serious all the time!
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Old 12-16-2008, 07:58 AM
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Joe, Oh, I laugh a lot tutto il tempo but not at this.

But you go ahead and laugh at it if you like and try not to feel guilty. LOL! See I'm laughing right now! Di vero!

The not so funny thing is there are people who'll watch this and
will never have the pleasure of learning what Italian culture is really like. Try and laugh that off.

But you go ahead and laugh at it after all you don't feel guilty. LOL!

Non ho paura di morire... ma non vorrei esserci quando accadrà! RDS! LOL! See, I laugh.
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But here's proof I laugh a lot:

A girl phoned me the other day and said... Come on over, there's nobody home. I went over. Nobody was home.

I came from a real tough neighborhood. I put my hand in some cement and felt another hand.

I could tell my parents hated me. My bath toys were a toaster and a radio.

I drink too much. The last time I gave a urine sample it had an olive in it.

I found there was only one way to look thin, hang out with fat people.

I have good looking kids. Thank goodness my wife cheats on me.

I met the surgeon general - he offered me a cigarette.

I remember the time I was kidnapped and they sent a piece of my finger to my father. He said he wanted more proof.

I saved a girl from being attacked last night. I controlled myself.

I told my psychiatrist that everyone hates me. He said I was being ridiculous - everyone hasn't met me yet.

I told my wife the truth. I told her I was seeing a psychiatrist. Then she told me the truth: that she was seeing a psychiatrist, two plumbers, and a bartender.

If it wasn't for pick-pockets I'd have no sex life at all.

It's tough to stay married. My wife kisses the dog on the lips, yet she won't drink from my glass.

My cousins gay, he went to London only to find out that Big Ben was a clock.
Rodney Dangerfield

My father carries around the picture of the kid who came with his wallet.

My marriage is on the rocks again, yeah, my wife just broke up with her boyfriend.

My mother had morning sickness after I was born.

My mother never breast fed me, she told me she only liked me as a friend.

My psychiatrist told me I was crazy and I said I want a second opinion. He said okay, you're ugly too.

My uncle's dying wish - he wanted me on his lap. He was in the electric chair.

My wife and I were happy for 20 years. Then we met.

My wife is always trying to get rid of me. The other day she told me to put the garbage out. I said to her I already did. She told me to go and keep an eye on it.

My wife met me at the door the other night in a sexy negligee. Unfortunately, she was just coming home.

My wife wants sex in the back of the car and she wants me to drive.

My wife's jealousy is getting ridiculous. The other day she looked at my calendar and wanted to know who May was.

One year they asked me to be poster boy - for birth control.

Some dog I got too. We call him Egypt. Because in every room he leaves a pyramid.

We sleep in separate rooms, we have dinner apart, we take separate vacations - we're doing everything we can to keep our marriage together.
Rodney Dangerfield

What a dog I got, his favorite bone is in my arm.

What a kid I got, I told him about the birds and the bee and he told me about the butcher and my wife.

When I played in the sandbox, the cat kept covering me up.

When I was a kid my parents moved a lot, but I always found them.

When I was born I was so ugly the doctor slapped my mother.

Yeah, I know I'm ugly... I said to a bartender, 'Make me a zombie.' He said 'God beat me to it.'
Rodney Dangerfield

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Old 12-16-2008, 05:25 PM
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