Berlusconi is simply the embodiment of a pure Italian.
Definitely, that's why he was so loved
However, there would also be good things to say about him, but they are very much overwhelmed by the funny ones (another typical Italian habit).
We had other, better or much worse Prime Ministers, but no one was as "Italian" as Berlusconi..
lol I tell you one stupid thing.. when I started my "political" career last year I made it clear to everybody that I would not get mixed with any politician, either local or national, and that I didn't need to get favors or to compromise with anyone.. but truth be told, if I had the opportunity, I would be meeting Berlusoni, that's granted.. I suppose this is so because we don't see him as a "politician" (in the derogatory sense, someone who's been living of politics exploiting the others during all their life), but rather someone who was so smart to bend politics (and expert politicians) to his will, starting from being a poor and silly man.. that's a sort of "Italian Dream", if you people ask me...
I mean I guess I just preferred Pussy Peaceful Protest
Watch out, everyone, Akar is a nark! He can no longer be trusted by the cool kids who hang out under the bleachers.
Originally Posted by Frunk
What's not great about Pussy Riot?
Someone better come up with a better explanation than the fact they displease almighty Putin. Such children for thinking they can have free speech!
Originally Posted by Flinn
We had other, better or much worse Prime Ministers, but no one was as "Italian" as Berlusconi.
That's the absolute perfect way to describe him. You don't have to agree with everything he has said or done to nod in acknowledgement that the man is mischievously and oftentimes riotously funny. He's also undeniably an earthly representative of Italia in the flesh and embodies all the hyperbolic qualities of a stereotypical Italian. Not all Italians have his sense of boldness or bravado, but culturally he would seem to be able to fit in at the table of any Italian holiday feast, if only as the eccentric uncle families usually have.
My very good friend, that is where I fail my Italian friends lol. I can't even cook pasta correctly
I must start a cooking class in the Uni, then
Originally Posted by Akar
Just leave noodles in cool water over night and eat in the morning.
I already told you, you'll burn in Hell for your disrespect of Pasta; you'll see when the time will come, that San Peter doesn't like jokes about Pasta.
Originally Posted by Flinn
lol I tell you one stupid thing.. when I started my "political" career last year I made it clear to everybody that I would not get mixed with any politician, either local or national, and that I didn't need to get favors or to compromise with anyone.. but truth be told, if I had the opportunity, I would be meeting Berlusoni, that's granted.. I suppose this is so because we don't see him as a "politician" (in the derogatory sense, someone who's been living of politics exploiting the others during all their life), but rather someone who was so smart to bend politics (and expert politicians) to his will, starting from being a poor and silly man.. that's a sort of "Italian Dream", if you people ask me...
double lol, sometimes life is so ironic
I just got an invitation for a lunch were I would be introduced to this man, which I gently declined
I mean, you can't just compare a King with a Squire, can you?