Re: What to do in Rome for a Day



David Horne, _the_ chancellor of the duchy of besses o' th' barn and
prestwich tesco 24h offy wrote:

> Des Small <vonbladet@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> B Vaughan<me@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>>
>>> Once in Tuscany, we stopped to ask directions of a policewoman and
>>> she started the conversation in halting English, in spite of the
>>> fact that we had Ancona plates (unlikely to be a rental car) and
>>> were carrying an Italian language tour guide. I told my husband it
>>> was the fault of the white sneakers.
>>
>> Was it a transparent car or do Italiane coppes have X-ray specs?
>
> a) he was resting his feet on the dashboard
>
> b) he dangled them (tied) from the mirror the way they do in parts of
> the UK with furry dice



Why would he dangle and tie his feet to the mirror? ;-)

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