tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7111053985478999734.post4512017137621736927..comments2024-03-27T15:59:11.066+00:00Comments on Prometheus in Aspic: Hooptedoodle #45 - Pragmatism, and the Marino FestivalMSFoyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14470241067504971068noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7111053985478999734.post-62859643236399306952012-03-05T22:29:39.502+00:002012-03-05T22:29:39.502+00:00This seems to be a pretty general philosophy. The ...This seems to be a pretty general philosophy. The Italians are regarded as pretty wacky drivers, but in fact I believe their approach has a lot of advantages. In Italy they don't bother much with rules, but everyone has brakes and a steering wheel and they will try not to hurt anyone. If you stand at the pedestrian crossing in Naples and wait for the traffic to stop on the green man signal you will be there forever. On the other hand, if you step off the pavement in a fairly decisive manner and hold your hand up, they will stop and wave you across - obviously you wish to be on the other side of the street - no problem. In the UK, we follow the rules, but we tend to use them to punish each other, and concentrate on whose fault everything is. Here's a tourist in the wrong lane - I won't let him in...<br /><br />I'm not going to say one way is safer or better than the other, but one way is more aware, in a human sort of way, I think.MSFoyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14470241067504971068noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7111053985478999734.post-40250503464704188202012-03-05T13:22:57.740+00:002012-03-05T13:22:57.740+00:00Ha - and there in a nutshell is Europe described.....Ha - and there in a nutshell is Europe described.... like you and your Italians I'm a huge Francophile.... there is something immensely pleasing about a country that can still manage to be one of the central European powers whilst ignoring 80% of the idiocy that comes out of Brussell's.... :o))Steve-the-Wargamerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07077311120172727690noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7111053985478999734.post-33374326453129053712012-03-05T06:17:07.080+00:002012-03-05T06:17:07.080+00:00LoL, great post! The aroma of the wine fountain an...LoL, great post! The aroma of the wine fountain and just standing there passing out cups, just knackered him out, actually I'm quite amazed his didn't just jump in the fountain with just his pants on, or is that the real miracle?Ray Rousellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07352596392520905197noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7111053985478999734.post-63642547993101929242012-03-05T03:12:20.704+00:002012-03-05T03:12:20.704+00:00I love these posts of yours! Really.
Best Regard...I love these posts of yours! Really.<br /><br />Best Regards,<br /><br />StokesWSTKS-FM Worldwidehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14173042438761572040noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7111053985478999734.post-91738640454955990732012-03-05T02:30:21.250+00:002012-03-05T02:30:21.250+00:00That's the problem with the Anglo-Gernmic worl...That's the problem with the Anglo-Gernmic world; rules are meant for following, whether we like them or not. The Romance-language speakers (and a lot of the rest of the world) seem to treat rules as guidelines, to be observed more in the breach than the observation. A much more easy-going and live-and-let live attitude!<br /><br />BTW I love the idea of an annual alcoholic miracle like Marino's! Chin-Chin!Ben Gilmourhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09548280904041987733noreply@blogger.com