Hmmmm, “Don’t touch this sh*t!” Am I right? Is that the message they are trying to relay? I have to agree with NYC. It’s definitely a more colorful way to put it!
*I deleted my last comment due to a spelling mistake.*
I see this poster plastered all over Rome and I laugh every time. But I guess the whole “this is your brain, this is your brain on drugs”…..sssssspop hisss frying egg thing is pretty strange too!
Yeah, I saw this one in Rome too. It’s the fringe extreme political parties like Forza Nuova and Fiamma Tricolore that never beat around the bush in their posters, they’re always so out there!
Avery and Shelley - I am glad to see this artful poster is all over Italy and they didn’t “target” us Calabrese!! I DID think of the sizzling egg when I saw this!
Calab, Nadine, Delina, and Sogna - I thought this poster was VERY funny. I had to double check with Pep that I wasn’t missing some Italian joke or something…Seems I wasn’t!
Whatcha thinking?
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13 responses to “Some Things are Just Funnier”
June 26th, 2007 at 10:11 pm
Ahh yes, the Italian language can be so beautiful.
June 27th, 2007 at 1:44 pm
a lot of jokes don’t translate from Italian to English or visa versa either.
June 27th, 2007 at 3:34 pm
I’m not sure of this translation. It seems to be more colorful than “Say no to drugs”
June 27th, 2007 at 4:39 pm
Hmmmm, “Don’t touch this sh*t!” Am I right? Is that the message they are trying to relay? I have to agree with NYC. It’s definitely a more colorful way to put it!
*I deleted my last comment due to a spelling mistake.*
June 27th, 2007 at 4:40 pm
Ah, yes, J…so bellissima! Too bad THESE words I know. ha ha
J Doe - You would be surprised at how un-funny I am in Italian. Or, maybe you wouldn’t be!
NYC - I agree. It is more “funny” if nothing else.
June 27th, 2007 at 4:41 pm
G - I saw you deleted that…I wondered why. Yes, isn’t it a funny way to teach “our kids” not to touch drugs! lol
June 28th, 2007 at 2:02 am
I see this poster plastered all over Rome and I laugh every time. But I guess the whole “this is your brain, this is your brain on drugs”…..sssssspop hisss frying egg thing is pretty strange too!
June 28th, 2007 at 2:46 pm
Yeah, I saw this one in Rome too. It’s the fringe extreme political parties like Forza Nuova and Fiamma Tricolore that never beat around the bush in their posters, they’re always so out there!
June 29th, 2007 at 11:40 pm
WOW! i think thats loud and clear! lol….and straight to the point….
June 30th, 2007 at 8:18 am
You got to just love the way the Italians express themselves.
June 30th, 2007 at 9:15 pm
No beating about the bush with that campaign.
July 2nd, 2007 at 1:45 pm
I forgot to come back and comment on this the other day. Too funny
July 6th, 2007 at 12:29 pm
Avery and Shelley - I am glad to see this artful poster is all over Italy and they didn’t “target” us Calabrese!! I DID think of the sizzling egg when I saw this!
Calab, Nadine, Delina, and Sogna - I thought this poster was VERY funny. I had to double check with Pep that I wasn’t missing some Italian joke or something…Seems I wasn’t!
Whatcha thinking?