Bon giorno, signoras e signores! Adeso Io capisco molto bene l'Itiliano! If you got that, you too have a very shaky grasp of the Italian language. I just got back from two lovely weeks in Italy and boy, it's great to be a workin' man again! SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO GREAT! Ech. Anyway, while the times and the wine were good, Italy is not Germany (see 1944) and it is not a beer country. The only dark beer I had was, in fact, a Danish stout. But when it's hot out, and I'm hot, one of these babies can be pretty refreshing: Notice anything odd about that picture, by the way?

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