The Finger Wag

Okay kids!

So you and your grandmother can name a million stereotypes associated with the italians, but the one stereotype that Ive never heard of, but I find to be the most common is the finger wag. The finger wag is a useful device if you are an italian. For instance, if you and your other 80 year old friends have formed a peanut gallery to tell 3 young bikers which way a bathroom is, and your one 80 year old amigo says north, you can follow the following steps to counter his clearly incorrect argument:
1) extend the index finger: this is the most important part of the finger wag. The longer your index, the more protrusion you are able to then...
2) oscillate back and forth using the knuck as a point of rotation. The faster and more pronounced your occilation, the better your argument is.

Most likely the young bikers with just laugh at your finger wag in secret and go find a bathroom without your help, but what do those youngens know about anything anyway. Back in your day you had to walk 15 miles in the snow wagging your finger before you sold Paulo on the idea that the earth was round.

We have enountered the finger wag on many occasions, but it has been most abundant when we accidently enter the highways on our bikes. Now let me explain that this is not our faults. Italian road signs are the most blatant waste of citizen taxes I have ever seen. The point in all directions and list the same towns in each direction. What is worse is that they randomly estimate the distance to the towns, which is countered by a longer distance to desired destination the closer you get. Weird.

ANYWAY... we have spt a nice 3 days in Florence and are now on the east coast of Italia. Thats right, coast to coast. Tomorrow we will be heading to Croatia where new customs await us. One can only hope that they are as enjoyable as the memorable Italian finger wag.

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