Milan
Milan has been deliciously quiet for the last three days. All on account of the odd Italian ‘ponte’ or bridge, which occurs as a result of having a public holiday in the middle of the week.
Indeed, it has been ‘Sunday’ since Wednesday here. Everyone, just about, has headed off for the sea or the mountains. My other half has left me here with the destructive pooing puppy, while she has gone down to Genova with our wee one to see her parents.
I’ve been making the most of these few tranquil days to catch up on some work and to just unwind a little - lots of films from Blockbuster.
Sunday evening will be hell on Italian roads as everyone heads back to Milan, Rome, Turin, Florence, etc.
Udderly daft
I got the one of the latest digitally animated movies out on DVD from Blockbuster the other evening - Barnyard. It’s not too bad, not in the Shrek league by a long chalk, but I was a little surprised to see male and female cows, which both had udders! Maybe the cows in the US are different from European cows. The male cows had strong masculine jaws and spoke with strong masculine voices, but they had udders. I was waiting for some explanation for the transex cows, but none was forthcoming, or maybe I missed it. All the udder animals displayed no genitalia, as one would expect in a film aimed mainly at a young audience, so why did the male cows have udders? Why not just leave their nether regions nice and smooth, like the other animals? No idea. Hollywood’s mad idea of political correctness, I suppose.
My advice: See this film and make up your own mind, or go see an udder film.
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