Twitter Updates for 2008-08-13

• I love it when BBC news translators try to emote what the person is saying. #
• Favourite example of this right now: English toff pretending to be a tragic-looking 90-year-old Georgian man. #
• Sammy Davis Jr’s version of The Candy Man is amazing. Now I want a groovy lemon pie :( #
• In Italy, a homeless person is called a “barbone”, which literally means “big beard” #
• I wonder if the Italian contempt for the beard contributes to their virtually non-existent tech industry. #