Italy. An interesting, infuriating place to live as a gin-raddled expat. Some notes and observations.
Friday, 28 August 2009
Hooligans on the Lash
Down to a new bar in the local town to watch Odense-Genoa in the EuropaSuperLeague Cup of Cups, or whatever it's called this year. The bar owner, in the light of the West Ham - Millwall action, thought that he might cash in on the English hooligan presence (me) with a beer promotion. Given the paucity of the offer (I mean, buy three medium beers and get a small one free? A small one?) I snubbed his poor marketing and drank Campari and white wine all evening. However, I still managed to uphold his rosy view of all things English by lobbing empty glasses at passing cars and later on throwing a metal chair through a window. At the end of the match he waved at me warmly as I climbed into the ambulance, escorted by two carabinieri and a not wholly unattractive female paramedic.
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culture does travel
...but female paramedics do...
Campari would probably have that effect on me too.
Well done Ron, still waving the flag. Did you go through the streets of Gernoa banging a big bass drum before "goin' in" ?
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