In article <35F8E83B.2615_at_...>, Alan E & Carmel J Brain
<aebrain_at_...> writes
>OK, the Italian Govt may be a bunch of whackers. And the Lira not worth
>very much.
>
>But Italy as a nation....
>
>Pasta, Alfa-Romeos, Pizza, Cellini, Da Vinci, the list goes on and on.
>This small chunk of Europe has had a large influence on world culture,
>and continues to do so. IMHO even more so than France (though the French
>have a technological influence not often recognised).
>
The Italians inventing Pasta alone makes up for the fact that their
government (which seems to change every six months) is more corrupt than
a very corrupt thing on national corruptness day. :-)
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Received on Fri Sep 11 1998 - 17:25:53 UTC