Manuel Ferrero wrote: > > > Mmm, martin f krafft. > > > Not a classical italian name. (Also Manuel isn't, but...) > > oh well. i do show traces of the italian temper though ;) > Oh. If you prefer I can also say something about my latest pizza with my > mafious friends when we all were playing mandolino... > But after that I have to kill you, so better not to go on. <grin> >
You missed out bad driving. We all know Italians double-park on pedestrian crossings ;-P > > > and because italian just sounds soooooo much cooler > > when saying trivial things - no, that's not an attack on the italian > > language, but "wasting time is an important part of living" just > > wouldn't be as spectacular... > Really? > As italian speaker I cannot see all this difference between the two > sentences. But, maybe is due to my awful english. Probably if I could > understand the english one I could appreciate what you mean. Your English needs no apology, however an Irishman springs to mind when speaking of the the simple eloquence of a good quote :-) http://www.cyber-nation.com/victory/quotations/authors/quotes_wilde_oscar.html - Richard -- Richard Smedley Production Editor, Linux Format Telephone +44 (0) 1225 442244 ext 5038 "The well-bred contradict other people. The wise contradict themselves."
