One of the Italian Sirens that lured seamen to their deaths in the Straits of Messina since the time of Odysseus!
Posted on 10/12/2006 8:06:48 AM PDT by Republicain
Yea, but if she's gonna get blown up in two weeks, it won't matter what her mom looks like.
Sicily gets the boot!
One of the Italian Sirens that lured seamen to their deaths in the Straits of Messina since the time of Odysseus!
Yousa kidden! Right?
Can't find a dedcent picture of the town in which I was born, which is in the dead center of the country, between Rome and Naples, but here's a picture of a town very nearby, and nearly identical.
anchors aweigh matey. (una bella ragazza)
Here's Queen Elizabeth II coming out of the northern end of the straits a few miles behind us the last time I went through.
A friend of mine was born in Sicily, and she was visiting there this summer. I e-mailed her this article, and then she called me to say that Sicily is not "impoverished." She said it was impoverished after WW2.
Italian sirens swallowing seamen. And yet they still keep on, um, going there.
I know nothing about bridges, but the Mackinac Bridge is about 5 miles long. And San Francisco has bridges that have withstood earthquakes. So why is this bridge such a big deal? I didn't even realize the island was that close to the mainland.
Palermo
Some of the more famous English poets could have chosen anywhere in the world to live, but they chose Italy. I've not been that far north either, I'd like to see that as well.
I hear the lakes in northern Italy are beautiful.
Any photos from the North are just breathtaking; Tuscan villas with a panorama that is probably matched only by Switzerland. I'd like to visit Northern Europe too. Hopefully they'll get their act together, and prevent the you-know-who hordes from destroying them, so they'll still be there for many a generation to come. Ireland must be beautiful too, so plush with green. So many places, so little time.
This puts me in mind of a rather racist joke that Italians like to tell about Sicillians, but you will have to freepmail me to hear it.
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday..............
We age beautifully.
You've got mail.
I think I know that joke too. SHADDAP! :D
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