February 1, 2006
ALL HUMOR IS CONSERVATIVE...
Italian PM 'just joking' about no-sex promise (Toronto Star, February 1st, 2006)
Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's reported promise that he would abstain from sex until the April 9 general election was just a joke, the Italian leader said."It was a joke," Berlusconi said late Tuesday during a talk show on state-run TV. "We were laughing, joking."
"I don't (abstain) at all," Berlusconi said. He added that "moderation" was necessary "since I have so many commitments."On Sunday, an Italian daily reported that Berlusconi made the no-sex vow during a campaign rally the day before in Cagliari, Sardinia, with a popular TV preacher on the island and his followers.
The clergyman, Rev. Massimiliano Pusceddu, praised the prime minister for what he described as a defence of family values and promised that his followers would support the conservative leader.
According to the report, Berlusconi replied: "I thank you a lot. I will try to meet your expectations, and I promise from now on, 2 1/2 months of absolute sexual abstinence, until April 9."
...but Italian conservative humor is in a class of its own.
Of course Berlusconi was joking.
A married person could not make such a vow without the consent of his or her spouse.
If the TV preacher were worth his salt he would have picked that right up.
Posted by: Lou Gots at February 1, 2006 9:24 AMI think he was referring to his goomah.
Posted by: Jim in Chicago at February 1, 2006 9:50 AMA married person could not make such a vow without the consent of his or her spouse.
Are you married, Lou? Been in the doghouse of late?
Posted by: Peter B at February 1, 2006 2:59 PM