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Friday, February 8, 2008

Another Video

This video is just hilarious. But it is also true because this is how Italians may behave. What is most interesting, though, is that different meaning of words and signs may change according to a particular culture.
Posted by Anna at 7:30 PM

1 comment:

Babz said...

I love this guy, I was cracking up listening to him. Thanks for the laugh!

February 17, 2008 at 5:26 PM

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