In reply to A newbie all over again! by Annec
Gianni Agnelli
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Fri, 02/10/2006 - 14:03In reply to A newbie all over again! by Annec
This is an old joke but one of my favourites it is soooo full of the flavour of this place where I live now - where every other person is some kind of agent living off their wits and it also illustrates the respect and admiration which a large proportion of Italians have for charismatic, successful and wealthy men (with a bit of the playboy about them). Here goes:
Giorgio (a textile agent) is having trouble with his largest customer (Benetton) and is on the point of being given the heave-ho by no less than Carlo's right-hand man Miotto. Giorgio manages to arrange a lunch with Miotto at a grand fish restaurant in Forte dei Marmi where he knows Gianni Agnelli takes an early lunch every Friday. Giorgio arrives earlier than the appointed time and goes straight to Gianni's table and introduces himself before the head-waiter has a chance to fend him off. He then begins to plead with Gianni to do him a favour, Gianni fidgets nervously with his tie which he always wears outside his sweater (as does Giorgio) and looks repeatedly at his watch which he always wears over his cuff (as does Giorgio) but this agent knows how to wear a man down and Gianni finally relents and agrees to come over to Giorgio's table when he has finished his meal and greet Giorgio like a long lost friend.
Giorgio is delighted, it's really gonna impress Miotto who will tell Carlo and after that everything will be alright again with the Benetton account. Miotto arrives and his converstaion is frosty and stilted but Giorgio is talking for all China when Gianni arrives. "Ciao Caro come stai" (says Gianni giving our Giorgio the familiar tu)...Giorgio replies: "caro caro Gianni quante volte TI HO DETTO? NON MI ROMPI LE SCATTOLE QUANDO STO MANGIANDO!
joke
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Tue, 02/14/2006 - 12:02In reply to A newbie all over again! by Annec
Mickey in mouse is in court with minnie . He's applied for a divorce.
The judge says to him
" Mickey just because Minnie has bucked teeth it's not a reason for divorce"
Mickey replies
" your honour when I said she was f**king Goofy , that's not what I meant"
Come si dice di italiano
I'll get my coat
[quote=giovanni]an irishman,scot and a scousser ,are sitting in a pub having a drink.
they keep looking over at a man sitting near the bar,all thinking they reconize
him. finally the irishman shouts out..."its jesus" so they all send him a drink over.
when jesus has finally finished all the drinks he walks over to thank the men.
as he shakes the irishman hand,the irishman exclaims" my arthritous..its gone
thank you jesus"
he then moves over to the scot and shakes his hand and the scot exclaims
" my bad back, i have had that for 20 years its gone, thank you jesus".
he then turns to the scousser, who is running out and knocking tables and chairs every where, and the scousser exclaims" f... off jesus,i'm on invalidity
benefit".......:D[/quote]
Have you noticed how we always leave the welsh out of jokes?
Well there is a reason, apparently.
The jokes should all start.....
An Englishman, Irish man and a Scotsman all walk into a bar.
Standing at the bat is a welsh man having a pint.
They all say hello to the welsh man, who raises his glass and responds "Hallooo bouys" and then takes no further part in the joke.......