Newsgroup: it.cultura.linguistica.inglese
Titolo: Sledgehammer (Peter Gabriel non c'entra)

Problemino di oggi:
[...]Maoris have disrupted events, occupied land claim areas, set up
roadblocks, **introduced a sledgehammer** to the America's Cup and
threatened to blow-up the New Zealand parliament.
Hanno boicottato? Contestato violentemente? Preso a mazzuolate?
Attendo fiduciosa lumi...
Anna

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Dear Anna,
Earlier this year, I believe in March but am not quite certain, a Maori man
literally took a sledgehammer and smashed the Cup awarded to the winners of
the America's Cup Yacht  Race, in its display case. The attack occurred in
Auckland, New Zealand.  He managed to do some fairly impressive damage as
you would imagine, wielding a sledgehammer. He was wearing a T Shirt with
Maori sovereignty slogans and was chanting Maori slogans.
Grazie, grazie, grazie...
Per caso sai (sapete) anche cosa sia il +ACI-parasailing+ACI-? Si parte facendo sci
d'acqua e poi ci si solleva in aria con una specie di paracadute?
Visto quanto sono sportiva? Niente saccio+ACE-
vostra Anna

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:Dear Anna,
:Earlier this year, I believe in March but am not quite certain, a Maori man
:literally took a sledgehammer and smashed the Cup awarded to the winners of
:the America's Cup Yacht  Race, in its display case. The attack occurred in
:Auckland, New Zealand.  He managed to do some fairly impressive damage as
:you would imagine, wielding a sledgehammer. He was wearing a T Shirt with
:Maori sovereignty slogans and was chanting Maori slogans.
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:Grazie, grazie, grazie...
:Per caso sai (sapete) anche cosa sia il "parasailing"? Si parte facendo sci
:d'acqua e poi ci si solleva in aria con una specie di paracadute?
:Visto quanto sono sportiva? Niente saccio!
:vostra Anna
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Dear Anna,
It would seem our sporting inclinations  are on a very similar
level.Non-existent. There, I have said it and I will add, I am proud of it.
LOL, I couldn't agree more... Thanks anyway, dear Bambi.
In case anyone is interested, I have just discovered a new sport called
*zorbing*
---The Zorb is big, it's fat, it's round and bouncy, you jump inside it, it
rolls, you roll too...
There's a person in the middle of this big ball. He's got about 700 mm of
air between him and the ground - that's about 2 feet for you metrically
challenged folks - and this air cushion keeps him safe as he hurtles down
the side of a hill at speeds of up to 50 kilometres per hour. The idea is
that as the ball rolls around, the person inside (known as *the
Zorbonaut*) becomes pinned to the inside, just like water inside a bucket
being spun around your head.---
Is there anything inside their head, I ask myself?
I don't mean to be offensive... Has anybody tried this?
ciau
Anna

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Dear Anna
Forgive me for taking of the liberty, but have you become totally mentally incapacitated? And here it is I who doesn't mean to be offensive. Honestly. But....
Waddaya mean has anybody tried this?!
Perplexed, as ever, having, in common with my dear friend Pooh Bear, very little brain.
I remain, flabbergasted,ecc
Bambi
dtb
p.s. why is it I have this feeling that parasailing has nothing to do with water?

d'acqua e poi ci si solleva in aria con una specie di paracadute?
Esatto!
In italiano dovrebbe essere "paracadute ascensionale".
Fata Morgana

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--Forgive me for taking of the liberty, but have you become totally mentally
--incapacitated?
Ehm... I don't understand why you're asking... I guess I already was.
--And here it is I who doesn't mean to be offensive. Honestly. But....
--Waddaya mean has anybody tried this?
I was thinking that perhaps il nostro corrispondente da Oceania... is
accustomed to go zorbing around... .-))
--p.s. why is it I have this feeling that parasailing has nothing to do with
--water?
I still don't have the slightest idea :-(
Anna
(rolling) stoned as usual

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In italiano dovrebbe essere "paracadute ascensionale".
Ahhh... che meraviglia! Finalmente! Grazie davvero
Anna
(questo, tra tutti, magari lo proverei...)

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Dear Anna,
---...not for love or money or any amount of free bolly would the
undersigned remotely
--- contemplate so doing.(Though for free bolly, there is much else the
undersigned WOULD --- give serious consideration to. But that's a bit
personal now, isn't it and more information --- than you really need to be
knowing).
--- (And being a good.reason for another glass of bolly thank you very much)
Non so che roba sia, ma mi viene da consigliarti di andarci piano col
bolly...
---Under separate cover I am sending you a picture of parasailing.
Ringrazio pubblicamente e privatamente la tua straordinaria premura+ACE-
Anna

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:--- (And being a good.reason for another glass of bolly thank you very much)
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