Wed 13 Mar 2013
The Greedy Gondoliers
Posted by anaglyph under Simple Graphics Man
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Simple Graphics Man is still on holidays (which explains why he hasn’t reported in lately) but even so he finds himself called on from time to time in a professional capacity – often to help with translational matters. Currently, he’s in Venice and here we see him explaining that those grumpy gondoliers on the Grand Canal won’t punt for you (let alone belt out a chorus of O Sole Mio) if you try to pay them with filthy Euro notes. Exact change, my man, or it’s an oar where the sun don’t shine.
SGM! Mind your balance there buddy!
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Many thanks to Karl once again for this – and for some upcoming Venetian SGM adventures as well!
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I’m a bit worried about the jagged crack in the side of the boat
In upcoming editions you will find that gondola travel is not the lazy meander down the canal you might have thought.
My Dear Anaglyph,
The same rule applies to Italian motorway toll booths, I notice.
THH
P.S. To the commenter overhead, Sra. Strutt. A Grande Bon Giorno!
Nothing like having a big cash culture if you want to be creative with your accounting, eh, HH? No wonder Italy is in financial distress.