check out this column, written by fred sasaki at new city. it’s based on something that really happened to my co-worker’s wife. it’s good to know that there are people out there perpetuating stereotypes such as ‘slick italian playboy’.
an excerpt:
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URBAN BELINO: Your husband, does he work it out?
URBAN PIXIE: Does he what?
URBAN BELINO: Your husband. Does he lift the weights? (He flexes his arms, his big muscles bulging in tightly wrapped Lycra.)
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Well, now we know there’s an Italian equivalent to the Ron Burgundy-ish flexing and saying that he’s giving a woman “two tickets to the gun show.”