Nick Against the World (48 Viewers)

[swag]

I think the woman is about to slam the hammer down on the fingers of the guy in the middle.

"Welcome, new EU member nations. We will burn down your homes, kill your livestock, and murder you in the streets with as much zeal as we've shown for other EU member nations."

 

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[Zé Tahir]

I think she's supposed to symbolise the judge and the others are voters.

 

[Tifoso]

"Welcome, new EU member nations. We will burn down your homes, kill your livestock, and murder you in the streets with as much zeal as we've shown for other EU member nations."

And completely ruin your tourist economy by linking you to the Euro.

 

[JCK]

There's a hand on the paper.

 

[Martin]

And completely ruin your tourist economy by linking you to the Euro.

I'm afraid I don't understand

 

[JCK]

And completely ruin your tourist economy by linking you to the Euro.

Sweden, Denmark and the Czeck Republic are in the EU and they use their own currency. What has this to do with anything? And since when the Euro was a bad currency?

 

[Tifoso]

Sweden, Denmark and the Czeck Republic are in the EU and they use their own currency. What has this to do with anything? And since when the Euro was a bad currency?

It isn't a bad currency. But the dollar is very weak against it. It's helped the US economy without question (as US goods are now relatively "cheap" ). A tourist coming from the US gets hosed, however.

 

[Martin]

It isn't a bad currency. But the dollar is very weak against it. It's helped the US economy without question (as US goods are now relatively "cheap" ). A tourist coming from the US gets hosed, however.

Why would you want to come, though? There's nothing to see here

 

[Tifoso]

Why would you want to come, though? There's nothing to see here

My relatives
Roma
Assisi
Delle Alpi
Maranello

Just for starters.

 

[Martin]

My relatives
Roma
Assisi
Delle Alpi
Maranello

Just for starters.

pah, overrated. (well not your relatives)

 

[JCK]

pah, overrated. (well not your relatives)

A weekend in Kiruna is better, right?

 

[swag]

It isn't a bad currency. But the dollar is very weak against it. It's helped the US economy without question (as US goods are now relatively "cheap" ). A tourist coming from the US gets hosed, however.

I don't know if I would say the weak dollar has unequivocally helped the U.S. economy. Considering the reasons why it is weak: soaring debt from wars and new federal programs combined with tax cuts and a drop in federal income that have bloated the federal deficit -- causing all the Chinese, Japanese, and other foreign investors who control the bulk U.S. debt to take their money elsewhere.

It's a good thing from the perspective of someone selling American goods (but all our manufacturing and other production efforts are leaving the country anyway) or a foreign tourist coming to the U.S. (our new full-body-cavity search policy for all foreign visitors is probably cutting into any gains there). But it's a hell of a way to relatively shrink your national economy on the global marketplace -- and to essentially lower your nation's "bond rating" to a point of higher financial risk for the country.

 

[Martin]

No, I was playing the "god bless the greatest country on earth, nowhere better" card. Why would anyone from there ever want to leave?

 

[JCK]

No, I was playing the "god bless the greatest country on earth, nowhere better" card. Why would anyone from there ever want to leave?

Oh you meant it that way. Well some people do like to see how communists live

 

[Tifoso]

No, I was playing the "god bless the greatest country on earth, nowhere better" card. Why would anyone from there ever want to leave?

Oh, I wouldn't. My people left there, to make a better life here (and, thank God, they did).

But I always tell everyone that there are only 4 places in the whole world where I truly feel "grounded": a ranch we have here, Assisi, Lucca and Chiavari.

My nonna died 5 years ago, and I still haven't been able to get back. Maybe this year, but tough with a family of 6.

 

[swag]

Hey, we're going to own everything soon anyway.

First, ManU. Next: Liverpool
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/l/liverpool/6304467.stm

After that, Lega Calcio is going to get bought up by yanks like a Filene's Basement sale on last season's prom dresses.

 

[Tifoso]

I thought Pool was bought by Middle East interests?

 

[swag]

Haven't you heard, Lou? The U.S. now represents all Middle East interests, since we've done such a good job at tending to them.

 

[Tifoso]

Haven't you heard, Lou? The U.S. now represents all Middle East interests, since we've done such a good job at tending to them.

 

[Martin]

Hey, something I've always wondered about. Do Italian Americans who speak Italian do that with that thick ridiculous movie accent? Vinny? Sergio? Lou?

I assume Nick being so geographically displaced is more native than you guys.