[QUOTE=Beppe Grillo]Right now we are being crushed, not by the euro, but by our debt. When the interest payments reach €100 billion a year, we’re dead. There’s no alternative[/QUOTE]
[URL="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/italy/9904270/Beppe-Grillo-says-Italy-may-soon-have-to-pull-out-of-euro.html"]Source[/URL]
I am so fucking ashamed of my country for voting for that clown.
[quote]Beppe Grillo, the former comedian who holds the balance of power in Italy[/quote]
Those are words I'd rather not have in the same sentence.
It would probably be better off for the Euro to not have another country dragging it down.
I can't wait for loaves of bread to cost 10,000 lira again.
At least this guy is being open about his comedianality. Most politicians try to keep it hidden and attempt to hide there jokes by calling them 'policies'.
[quote]When the interest payments reach €100 billion a year[/quote]
ahahahhaha
[QUOTE=Chrisordie;39773019]At least this guy is being open about his comedianality. Most politicians try to keep it hidden and attempt to hide there jokes by calling them 'policies'.[/QUOTE]
The problem with political jokes is, too many of them get elected.
[QUOTE=acds;39772774]I am so fucking ashamed of my country for voting for that clown.[/QUOTE]
Which one?
[QUOTE=Lomme;39773130]Which one?[/QUOTE]
Italy.
i like lira, sounds better than EURO.
also francs and deautchmarks are better too.
[QUOTE=AK'z;39775693]i like lira, sounds better than EURO.
also francs and deautchmarks are better too.[/QUOTE]
One doesn't adopt a currency because the name is pretty.
From what I've read, the Italian political system is a nightmare. The majority votes for populists, pretty much ruining the chance of placing someone capable in office.
[QUOTE=Dr. Ethan Asia;39775704]One doesn't adopt a currency because the name is pretty.[/QUOTE]
We should start a new currency called Flowers. With a name that nice, it's can't possibly fail!
[QUOTE=Clavus;39775713]From what I've read, the Italian political system is a nightmare. The majority votes for populists, pretty much ruining the chance of placing someone capable in office.[/QUOTE]
Considering that Berlosconi still has any kind of power just amazes me, Coming from an outside view with dim knowledge of the Italian system
[QUOTE=Dr. Ethan Asia;39775704]One doesn't adopt a currency because the name is pretty.[/QUOTE]
one should.
[QUOTE=BreenIsALie;39775732]Considering that Berlosconi still has any kind of power just amazes me, Coming from an outside view with dim knowledge of the Italian system[/QUOTE]
Berlusconi has that amount of power because so far, every time anyone else has been elected, it was a total disaster (example: government lasts a year and a half before falling and managing to poof away a few hundred million euros, which in Italy means they were stolen) . That and he's a capable politician, when he's not having an orgy with top models. He makes more news outside Italy than the others because he's way more "loud" with his parties and women 1/4th his age, but for the "thievery, corruption and mafia" part he's no worse than most others. Parties keep changing but the people are the same, the left is still old recycled ex-communists that sympathized with the USSR and the right is also stuff from that time frame.
I'd still rather have Berlusconi (right) or Bersani (left) than Grillo. He's a bullshit spouting populist and sensationalist that exploits any negative event to use it to gain votes (people for some reason believing he'd do any better than the other parties).
[editline]2nd March 2013[/editline]
And no there won't be any Lira in Italy. He's trying to gain votes from old people and the "it was better 30 years ago!" crowd. Again he does what he's good at, run around screaming in the city square and trying to gain support by exploiting people's feeling and ignorance of a field (in this case, economics).
Grillo was the guy who said Italy would need to build "several nuclear powerplants" to make up for people buying electronics with a stand-by LED light.
The thing that amazes me about Italy is how their political system seems to be designed specifically to be as unstable as possible. Their government used to collapse every time you blinked.
at this point i think Italy is beyond the point of a joke-country, but in the other hand, the euro in 2001 devaluted a lot the real value of the lira if i remember well...
[QUOTE=RichyZ;39776256]fuck the lira
praise florins[/QUOTE]
Denarius 4 lyfe bitch
[QUOTE=RichyZ;39776256]fuck the lira
praise florins[/QUOTE]
Hell no, Denarii is where it is at.
GOD DAMNIT!
[QUOTE=DaysBefore;39776336]Denarius 4 lyfe bitch[/QUOTE]
bead-based bartering systems > all
[QUOTE=BreenIsALie;39775732]Considering that Berlosconi still has any kind of power just amazes me, Coming from an outside view with dim knowledge of the Italian system[/QUOTE]
The fact that he's been heavily linked to corruption and fraud says quite a lot about him.
[QUOTE=Dr. Ethan Asia;39776831]bead-based bartering systems > all[/QUOTE]
Nah Man
Douglas Adams had it all figured out
Leaves are the best currency
[QUOTE=DaysBefore;39776336]Denarius 4 lyfe bitch[/QUOTE]
My favorite Roman coinage is the [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ases"]assarius[/URL], because it was also called the 'as' and the plural of that was 'asses'.
I think more types of money should be named like rude words.
[QUOTE=TMBGFan;39777015]My favorite Roman coinage is the [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ases"]assarius[/URL], because it was also called the 'as' and the plural of that was 'asses'.
I think more types of money should be named like rude words.[/QUOTE]
He: Yeah, that'll be about ten Fucks mate.
I: Damn, have you got change for a Cunt?
He: Sure, you alright taking it in Cocks?
[QUOTE=Dr. Ethan Asia;39777043]He: Yeah, that'll be about ten Fucks mate.
I: Damn, have you got change for a Cunt?
He: Sure, you alright taking it in Cocks?[/QUOTE]
He: Yeah, that'll be about ten Cunts mate.
I: Damn, have you got change for a Cock?
He: Sure, you alright taking it in Asses?
[I]Fits better.[/I]
[QUOTE=Ereunity;39777088]He: Yeah, that'll be about ten Cunts mate.
I: Damn, have you got change for a Cock?
He: Sure, you alright taking it in Asses?
[I]Fits better.[/I][/QUOTE]
I was trying to avoid the gay metaphor, but well done.
[QUOTE=Dr. Ethan Asia;39777043]Yeah, that'll be about ten Fucks mate.
[/QUOTE]
With new and amusing variations like: "Shut up and take my fucks", "I'd buy that for a fuck." and last, but not least "I have not a single fuck left to give."
[editline]2nd March 2013[/editline]
Spare a fuck, mate?
Snip
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