Things learned living last (eight) week(s), vol. 4
Every week I learn things …
1st. The ancient name of the city of Milan (Italy) is Mediolanum. According to some historical analysis, this ancient name was chosen as it contained all the vowels of our alphabet and as an unquestioned sign of completeness of the city as well (discovery grabbed during a distracted Sunday reading in a bookshop).
2nd. Democracy is a midnight Chinese dinner between 5 snobby rich and marvelous girls (that every man would like to make love with), 2 of their male friends having been friend-zoned since (at least) ten years, 2 very smart young communists who had both previous affairs with some of the Snobbys, 1 lawyer who just had a previous dinner. Bill is split into ten equal parts (a past-midnight thought of mine).
3rd. If you do not know where to go, remember at least where you come from (a young and brilliant French actor, living in Milan and at the very same time somewhere else between Italy and France).
4th. Our Planet is overheating faster than expected. And even if scientists are still debating the consequences of that, one thing is for sure: there won’t be Havaianas enough for everyone (passenger thought after having paid my part of a midnight dinner bill, without eating anything but a spring roll).
5th. If you wanted to become a fishmonger, you would have necessarily to cope with bones(first personal attempt ever of writing a Japanese aphorism).
6th. If Guttemberg had imagined the Internet he’d not have had any fear. He actually knew nothing of Porter’s analysis (Anonymous).
7th. The average time we spend fixing our gaze on the eyes of our interlocutors is rarely higher than 2 seconds. In order to establish a decent relationship with our interlocutors it would normally take a 7 seconds mutual and continuous eye contact. Apparently that would help us to save words, protecting our brains and bodies from distress (a french actor and professor explaining how to face a very good exercise during a theater course lesson).
8th. Where the water ripples, there comes fish (an old Sicilian man said this in front of his cappuccino, remembering his fishing days in Apulia).
9th. Work can become a strange form of idolatry where the object of worship is very often represented by the Team Partner. Above him, in fact, there is just the CEO .. Even if someone reasonably doubts he exists for real (meditation on our alleged agnosticism).
10th. There is just one God. But definitely too many human patents and licenses on Him (from everyday sad news).
[11th. Adam has given up one of his rib for Eve. If they were in Italy, then, Eve would have helped him to apply for a disability pension (an aspiring Italian comedian)].
