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Tuesday, November 23, 2010

"SE VIENE, ARRIVA"

A superb example of Modican pazienza as I arrived at the bus stop for Modica Bassa this morning: When I asked an elderly gentleman if the bus was due, he made the hands in the air gesture and replied,

"Se viene, arriva"  -"If it's coming, it will arrive".

7 comments:

  1. A stoic philosophy that has served them well for centuries.

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  2. Ummm...good luck! If we were in a hurry for the bus to come, someone would say "light up a smoke" and as soon as they did, the bus came! It worked everytime!

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  3. Wonderful and so typical :)

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  4. Very helpful advice. It made me smile :-)

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  5. And in that, of course, he wasn't too far wrong.

    By the way, did it eventually come and what were you doing in MB?

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  6. This sounds familiar to me, I think in my land we are quite Sicilian too :)

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  7. Quite right, lakeviewer. Haha! Good idea, Lucia! Hi, LindyLouMac. Yes, so Sicilian! Hi, Cherie. Glad it gave you a laugh. Hi, James. Yes, eventually! There's a pet shop there whicjh is easier to get to than the one you knew. That must be why I like you, then, Josep!

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