Monday, January 2, 2023

Venetian gondoliers, c. 1900.

 


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  1. Don't mess with the gondoliers.

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  2. Gondoliers look like front for mafia.

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  3. say what you will about those guys, but back in the 1970's they help a buddy of mine get what he wanted. a boat ride with a hooker and eating a bowel of pasta
    best 2 hours we spent while we where there.
    even had pictures of the "event" until my wife found them and tossed them.
    great way to spend the afternoon there !

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    1. A “bowel” of pasta doesn’t sound great.

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    2. he was doing a lot more than just eating pasta. and who takes 2 hours to eat anything ? if it was just eating pasta, my ex-wife would have not tossed the pictures either.

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  4. bet they could tell you stories that would curl your moustache too.

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  5. So why are they in Central Park, NYC?

    At least they look the part and they’re not carrying cell phones.

    My wife and I visited Venice as part of a cruise around the Italian boot. The arrival was magnificent. Cruise ship came in some big water alleyway and it was pretty amazing to see all the buildings laid out on the water with a little canals running between them.

    The big let down came with the gondola ride through the canals. Our gondolier, Who was a skinny tall sketchiy looking dude nothing like the men in the picture above, spent the entire trip in a screaming fight with his girlfriend on his cell phone. He was pushing the pole with one hand and holding his phone with the other and yelling the whole time. And to top it off the canal water smelledlike we were canoeing through a septic tank. Very romantic indeed Keurig

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