++ [ originally posted by swag
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Btw, DB -- so I'm channel surfing this evening and I came across the Miss Italia competition on RAI Int'l. They have some strange head-to-head playoff between pairs of women, clad only in bikinis, where people dial in with their votes after each are asked to do their brief "talent" portion of the program.
So this one woman's special talent? She goes barefoot, not wearing heels like the others. She says she's a huge fan of
calcio, so they bring out a net and a goalie -- and her special talent is taking penalty kicks. Her competitor's special talent is something like singing or dancing, but I really couldn't tell what the hell she was doing with herself on stage.
So guess who won?
Only in Italy could you win a beauty contest on penalty kicks.