"All this he saw, for one moment breathless and intense, vivid on the morning sky; and still, as he looked, he lived; and still, as he lived, he wondered."

― Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in the Willows

Povera Patria

Sh: Hai visto, a Roma?
SFé: Sì.
Sh: Questo Paese è allo sfascio. Siamo rovinate.
SFé: L’anno in cui siamo nate è una famosa distopia. Siamo nate rovinate.
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The Anthropology of Turquoise

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6 Comments
  • impbianco
    Posted at 11:12h, 29 April Reply

    …mmm… se non sono indiscreto… che anno sarebbe??? XD

    X-Bye

  • Shelidon
    Posted at 11:14h, 29 April Reply

    a) non si chiede l’età ad una signora

    b) non è che ci voglia Nostradamus :-p

  • ragnorosso
    Posted at 12:41h, 29 April Reply

    io ho capito. vorrei dire dall’alto del mio genio, ma poi qualcuno mi correggerebbe, per cui ammetto che una certa persona mi ha dato un ulteriore indizio. però questa scoperta mi fa sentire più fannullone del solito, uhm..

  • Shelidon
    Posted at 16:51h, 30 April Reply

    So che sembrerà incredibile, ma non era un quiz sulla mia età.

  • ragno62
    Posted at 20:00h, 02 May Reply

    sembra il dialogo fra le statue romane nel medioevo

  • Shelidon
    Posted at 15:17h, 03 May Reply

    Hahaha, è vero.

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