3 Dumb Italy Stories

If I had the time and energy, I'd have researched for a new video, but I have neither of those things right now, so you get Italy. Don't worry, I made it extra snarky to compensate.

SOURCES & Further Reading: I, uh, well, most of the anecdotal information in this video came by way of tours I myself went on and somehow managed to retain 9 years later, but as always, you can find more on Florence & Venice in "Florence: The Biography of A City" by Christopher Hibbert and "A History Of Venice" by John Julius Norwich.

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[adityasingh]

Blue eats
Blue sleeps
Blue talks about Italy
Ah, Blue's worldwide circle continues

[andrewrockwell]

To Blue, Red, and everyone:
Give yourself a break. Take it easy. Be well.

[LuckyTheReviewer]

So the statue surviving was only because Napoleon rolled a Nat 1 on his Insight check. Neat.

[CommissarMitch]

Venice:
"We are a city literally on the sea"

Also Venice:
*Burning to the ground*

[matthewtrujillo]

Hitler: I like the view from this bridge, let's not bomb it

Also Hitler: Let's ruin the view by bombing everything around the bridge.

[theclone]

What I’ve learned from Blue:
If something crazy happens, it’s probably happened in Italy 50 times before.

[cortneylane]

Am I the only person that would actually listen to Blue ranting about bridges? Like I was sad when he said he cut it

[sennaka]

"The statue of Neptune...is an allegory for Pope Pius IV"

...Blue. Don't leave us hanging with THAT, you gotta do us some history on it too! NO FAIR.

[ethannilsson]

"Napoleon gives. He usually gives cannonballs. At speed."

[TheShadowChesireCat]

Napoleon: "What iz zis? Popery? In moi republique?"
Bologna: *rolls an 18 on a Disguise check* "No, is un santo."
Napoleon: *rolls nat 1 on Sense Motive check* "C’est magnifique. Continuez."

[SR-khyq]

"Florence filled an entire museum with what's essentially a neighbourhood talent show" lol

[wesleypatterson]

Napoleon: "Hey guys, I dont like the Pope, take down that statue of some old Pope."

Bologna: *puts Pope statue in a disguise* What Pope statue?

Napoleon: "Understandable, have a nice day."

[jasonblalock]

Now I have this mental image of Blue playing Assassin's Creed 2 and sobbing into a Stouffer's lasagna.

[situationalhelpfulness]

blues priorities include:
-eat
-nap
-avoid large bodies of water at all costs
-DOME
blue is a cat confirmed

[rockinrom]

napoleon squinting at pope statue:
bologna: sweating
napoleon: looks fine to me
bologna: we did it boys

[best_of_ant]

" So, here's what we're gonna do. I'm going to tell you some fun dumb stories about Italy, we're gonna have a grand old time and then I'm going to take a week long nap. Sound good? Great, let's do some low effort history."
- Blue's intro quote for today 2021

[gabrielrussell]

It's ironic that your lower-effort history-tales are your more popular videos.

[Obi-Wan_Kenobi]

Venice is looking wetter than Kamino these days.

[bookishclara]

Blue: “Venice was consistently on fire!”
Me: Well, at least they never needed to look far for water!

[bonogiamboni]

This is probably the first time i've heard a non-italian pronounce bologna the right way (boloña) instead of whatever the fuck boloney is. Thank you.