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To: muleskinner

"It is even thanks to America that many Italians, thieves of bicycles, could then buy a Vespa and a Fiat Seicento."

"WTF? LOL"

The joke is that after the war, the Italians were so poor that they took to stealing bicycles throughout the country because they needed wheels but couldn't afford cars. There was even a famous movie that identified with this phenomenon called "The Bicycle Thief".


36 posted on 06/03/2004 7:17:15 PM PDT by vanmorrison
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To: Mr. Mojo; Euro-American Scum

Ping for a great tribute to America and our soldiers!


37 posted on 06/03/2004 7:22:07 PM PDT by NRA2BFree (I am a nobody, and nobody is perfect; therefore, I am perfect.)
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