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Headed to Venice

RiotcowRiotcow Registered User, ClubPA regular
edited June 2007 in Social Entropy++
I'm off to Venice tomorrow. I'll drink me some prosecco and eat me some cuttlefish, and take in all of that horrifyingly smelly canal water. I figure it should be a pretty chill time. Now i'm going with the firm notion that I will not be ripped off by gondolieres, so it should lead to some good stories. Riddle me with bullets of advice, if you please.

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  • ZoolanderZoolander Registered User regular
    edited June 2007
    going to italy to die eh

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  • Chief1138Chief1138 Registered User regular
    edited June 2007
    assassinate boddah

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  • SASA Registered User regular
    edited June 2007
    I want to travel.

    See the world.

    Learn about different cultures.

    Fuck interesting people.

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  • RiotcowRiotcow Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited June 2007
    thanks zoolander thats so touching

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  • TrellTrell __BANNED USERS regular
    edited June 2007
    good luck riotcow, don't let monsters from the briny deep snatch you from your canal boat.

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  • JordynJordyn Really, Commander? Probing Uranus. Registered User regular
    edited June 2007
    Ulysses S. Grant thought Venice would be a nice city "if it were drained."

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  • TrellTrell __BANNED USERS regular
    edited June 2007
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    how can you disagree with this man?

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    ori's modding is stupid and arbitrary and based on no actual rule system but rather wind patterns and astrology.
  • FizFiz Registered User regular
    edited June 2007
    Watch out for pickpockets. You'll run into a lot of them in that one courtyard area of Venice.

    Visit a glass factory and get one of those neat mask things from any of the stores there. I got to see a lot of the city trying to find one that I liked.

    If you see this lady, run away. She is doing her best to pronounce Italian words wrong.

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  • Penguin IncarnatePenguin Incarnate King of Kafiristan Registered User regular
    edited June 2007
    Venice is the capital city for all Eurotrash.

    Want an uncircumcised grimy dude leering at your ass and doesn't take "No" for an answer-- then look no further!

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  • FizFiz Registered User regular
    edited June 2007
    Venice is the capital city for all Eurotrash.

    Want an uncircumcised grimy dude leering at your ass and doesn't take "No" for an answer-- then look no further!

    Like you have an ass, boney.

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  • Penguin IncarnatePenguin Incarnate King of Kafiristan Registered User regular
    edited June 2007
    No, but I'm hairless and that's good enough for most Italians.

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  • RiotcowRiotcow Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited June 2007
    I think I might look for a good mask

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  • TankHammerTankHammer Atlanta Ghostbuster Atlanta, GARegistered User regular
    edited June 2007
    Chase the pigeons around. They're totally asking for it. Also try to firebomb the McDonalds that's like a block from the Grand Canal. It's an abomination and they put far too much vinegar in their sauces. (plus Italy doesn't need McDonalds)

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  • Penguin IncarnatePenguin Incarnate King of Kafiristan Registered User regular
    edited June 2007
    Just kidding, I'm not hairless.

    I have a serious case of Satyr Ass.

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  • FizFiz Registered User regular
    edited June 2007
    Chase the pigeons around. They're totally asking for it. Also try to firebomb the McDonalds that's like a block from the Grand Canal. It's an abomination and they put far too much vinegar in their sauces. (plus Italy doesn't need McDonalds)

    I stopped in there to use the bathroom. You'd think the building was partially submerged from the amount of urine on the floor.

    Probably the only place in the city that had drinks with ice. Lord, you grow to miss ice.

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  • Penguin IncarnatePenguin Incarnate King of Kafiristan Registered User regular
    edited June 2007
    At least there's no shortage of hand soap to use.

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  • #pipe#pipe Cocky Stride, Musky odours Pope of Chili TownRegistered User regular
    edited June 2007
    more like cuddle fish

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  • TankHammerTankHammer Atlanta Ghostbuster Atlanta, GARegistered User regular
    edited June 2007
    #pipe wrote: »
    more like cuddle fish

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    I know right!? I want one as a pet. I will breed it and eat it's babies.

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  • #pipe#pipe Cocky Stride, Musky odours Pope of Chili TownRegistered User regular
    edited June 2007
    cutest thing that also terrifies me

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  • Penguin IncarnatePenguin Incarnate King of Kafiristan Registered User regular
    edited June 2007
    I can't find the image of the Italian on a Vespa with a baby in his lap.

    You let me down internet.

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  • BlankspaceBlankspace __BANNED USERS regular
    edited June 2007
    Cuttlefish... eh... let us not, dear friends, forget our dear friends the cuttlefish... bind them up together and they'll devour themselves without a single thought... Human nature, in'it? Ooor... rather fish nature... So yes... we could hold up here well-provisioned and well-armed... and half of us would be dead within the month! Which seems grim to me no matter how you slice it! Or as my colleague so naively suggested, we can release Calypso, and God-willing, she will show us mercy... I rather doubt it. Can we just ignore that she is a woman scorned, the fury the likes of which Hell hath no? We cannot. And so, we are left with but one option. I agree with, and I cannot believe the words that are coming out of me mouth... Captain Swann.

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  • WrenWren ninja_bird Registered User regular
    edited June 2007
    we should all enjoy venice while its still around

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  • RaneadosRaneados police apologist you shouldn't have been there, obviouslyRegistered User regular
    edited June 2007
    how long does venice have at last count?

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  • FizFiz Registered User regular
    edited June 2007
    Raneados wrote: »
    how long does venice have at last count?

    Venice was hit by a cable while riding Superman and is now completely submerged.

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  • ToastlyToastly Registered User regular
    edited June 2007
    Go to Torchello.

    it's like way out in the lagoon, but if you take a boat from the fundanmente nuovo, it's a nice ride. After you see some of venice going out there to this prettymuch deserted island and looking out from it's bell tower all the way back to venice is great.

    Also it's going to be really hot like, not 90, but like nasty sticky.

    I love Venice, I go there almost every year.

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  • RaneadosRaneados police apologist you shouldn't have been there, obviouslyRegistered User regular
    edited June 2007
    Fizban wrote: »
    Raneados wrote: »
    how long does venice have at last count?

    Venice was hit by a cable while riding Superman and is now completely submerged.

    hand wave meaning "ehhh"

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  • ZoolanderZoolander Registered User regular
    edited June 2007
    holy shit Oboro creeps me the fuck out

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  • HarrierHarrier The Star Spangled Man Registered User regular
    edited June 2007
    Protip: do not actually stay in Venice. It's cramped, damp, and cracking.

    Stay in a nice hotel on one of the islands, or just on the mainland. Visit Venice because it is beautiful.

    I dunno, I stayed a few nights in a pretty good hotel in Venice, and I got fucking claustrophobic in my room.

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  • FizFiz Registered User regular
    edited June 2007
    Raneados wrote: »
    Fizban wrote: »
    Raneados wrote: »
    how long does venice have at last count?

    Venice was hit by a cable while riding Superman and is now completely submerged.

    hand wave meaning "ehhh"

    You've spat on my attempt to be topical. I loved you.

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  • ToastlyToastly Registered User regular
    edited June 2007
    Harrier wrote: »
    Protip: do not actually stay in Venice. It's cramped, damp, and cracking.

    Stay in a nice hotel on one of the islands, or just on the mainland. Visit Venice because it is beautiful.

    I dunno, I stayed a few nights in a pretty good hotel in Venice, and I got fucking claustrophobic in my room.

    When I go I normally got for either like a week or a month, but its really worth it to rent an apartment for a week if you're staying more than like 3 or 4 days because the hotels are so expensive.

    staying on the mainland is a good idea if you want a nightlife. Venice is dead at night, the only place with people after 11 pm is Campo Santa Margherita

    there's a good bar around here some where, it serves English and Irish on draft and the bar tender speaks english if you don't know any italian. Also, italian "bars" close at like 12 or earlier in venice, since few of the turrists go out past them. The only nightclub is near acedemia, but I've only ever once seen it open.

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