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Looks like some judge somewhere has decreed that the song "Happy Birthday" as we all know it is indeed in the public domain. Now it can be sung in restaurants everywhere without fear of litigation. Isn't that good news? I hope it also covers versions sung in Italian. A few years ago my older son was visiting us. His birthday is May 4 and mine is May 6. I took everyone to Carrabba's for dinner. My daughter in law had the servers come and sing it in Italian, much to the joy of my two granddaughters. They thought it was hilarious.

Did you have to get permission from the fire marshall for a cake with that many candles?

Wolfman wrote: I took everyone to Carrabba's for dinner.

Please log in under your Bradhusker troll next time.

Sorry to disappoint you, but they brought me and my son a couple of cupcake like things with one candle in each. Fire codes you know.
BTW---Carrabba's is half way decent northern Italian "type" food. I was born and raised on the North side of Syracuse back when it was like Little Italy. Ate a lot of various Italian foods, mostly southern Italian as the majority of Italians in Syracuse were from Naples and Sicily. a Good 90% of my high school classmates had last names ending in a vowel. 3 of my best buds were Frank Ventre, Terry Leonelli, and Lenny Massaro. I was one of the few German-Americans.

Wolfman wrote:I took everyone to Carrabba's for dinner.

The key is to go on "bottomless breadstick night" after slamming a 40 of malt liquor in the parking lot.

-FTDC

Wolfman wrote:Looks like some judge somewhere has decreed that the song "Happy Birthday" as we all know it is indeed in the public domain. Now it can be sung in restaurants everywhere without fear of litigation. Isn't that good news? I hope it also covers versions sung in Italian. A few years ago my older son was visiting us. His birthday is May 4 and mine is May 6. I took everyone to Carrabba's for dinner. My daughter in law had the servers come and sing it in Italian, much to the joy of my two granddaughters. They thought it was hilarious.

Does this thread need my services? Jesus H Christ...

Wolfman wrote:Sorry to disappoint you, but they brought me and my son a couple of cupcake like things with one candle in each. Fire codes you know.
BTW---Carrabba's is half way decent northern Italian "type" food. I was born and raised on the North side of Syracuse back when it was like Little Italy. Ate a lot of various Italian foods, mostly southern Italian as the majority of Italians in Syracuse were from Naples and Sicily. a Good 90% of my high school classmates had last names ending in a vowel. 3 of my best buds were Frank Ventre, Terry Leonelli, and Lenny Massaro. I was one of the few German-Americans.

My gramps was from the Napoli area and grandma was Siciliana. I think that was the typical dago neighborhood demographic in the early 20th century through out the country, as southern Italians were basically the messicans of Italy. There wasn't as much need to get out of northern Italy. Northern Italians are just krauts on the wrong side of the Alps. What exactly is Northern Italian fare? I suspect it has more meat than the southern peasant food does. but, I'll bet it isn't as good. Guinea cuisine has bode over the rest of the planet. And if you didn't have an Italian grandma growing up, you got gyped. Her homemade soups were amazing.

I lived next door to a Sicilian grandmother. During the winters my brothers an I would race home from school to shovel her drive. The pay was 5 dollars and all you can eat. Better than any restaurant.

BSmack wrote:I lived next door to a Sicilian grandmother. During the winters my brothers an I would race home from school to shovel her drive. The pay was 5 dollars and all you can eat. Better than any restaurant.

Siciliana grannies have one purpose in life. Cook amazing food and stuff it into you until you end up like this dude....

smackaholic wrote:

Wolfman wrote:Sorry to disappoint you, but they brought me and my son a couple of cupcake like things with one candle in each. Fire codes you know.
BTW---Carrabba's is half way decent northern Italian "type" food. I was born and raised on the North side of Syracuse back when it was like Little Italy. Ate a lot of various Italian foods, mostly southern Italian as the majority of Italians in Syracuse were from Naples and Sicily. a Good 90% of my high school classmates had last names ending in a vowel. 3 of my best buds were Frank Ventre, Terry Leonelli, and Lenny Massaro. I was one of the few German-Americans.

My gramps was from the Napoli area and grandma was Siciliana. I think that was the typical dago neighborhood demographic in the early 20th century through out the country, as southern Italians were basically the messicans of Italy. There wasn't as much need to get out of northern Italy. Northern Italians are just krauts on the wrong side of the Alps. What exactly is Northern Italian fare? I suspect it has more meat than the southern peasant food does. but, I'll bet it isn't as good. Guinea cuisine has bode over the rest of the planet. And if you didn't have an Italian grandma growing up, you got gyped. Her homemade soups were amazing.

Do you know which of your slurs is widely embraced by Americans of Italian descent and which one would get you punched in your ugly face, mutt?

Wolfman wrote:BTW---Carrabba's is half way decent northern Italian "type" food.

NO

smackaholic wrote:What exactly is Northern Italian fare?

A lot more dairy. Cheeses etc. More butter than olive oil. More meat than seafood. More rice and polenta than pasta.

mvscal wrote:

smackaholic wrote:What exactly is Northern Italian fare?

A lot more dairy. Cheeses etc. More butter than olive oil. More meat than seafood. More rice and polenta than pasta.

Not so much tomato sauce.

More tomatoes dried by the sun. As it rotates around our flat earth.

Mikey wrote:

mvscal wrote:

smackaholic wrote:What exactly is Northern Italian fare?

A lot more dairy. Cheeses etc. More butter than olive oil. More meat than seafood. More rice and polenta than pasta.

Not so much tomato sauce.

Check.

Goober McTuber wrote:

smackaholic wrote:

Wolfman wrote:Sorry to disappoint you, but they brought me and my son a couple of cupcake like things with one candle in each. Fire codes you know.
BTW---Carrabba's is half way decent northern Italian "type" food. I was born and raised on the North side of Syracuse back when it was like Little Italy. Ate a lot of various Italian foods, mostly southern Italian as the majority of Italians in Syracuse were from Naples and Sicily. a Good 90% of my high school classmates had last names ending in a vowel. 3 of my best buds were Frank Ventre, Terry Leonelli, and Lenny Massaro. I was one of the few German-Americans.

My gramps was from the Napoli area and grandma was Siciliana. I think that was the typical dago neighborhood demographic in the early 20th century through out the country, as southern Italians were basically the messicans of Italy. There wasn't as much need to get out of northern Italy. Northern Italians are just krauts on the wrong side of the Alps. What exactly is Northern Italian fare? I suspect it has more meat than the southern peasant food does. but, I'll bet it isn't as good. Guinea cuisine has bode over the rest of the planet. And if you didn't have an Italian grandma growing up, you got gyped. Her homemade soups were amazing.

Do you know which of your slurs is widely embraced by Americans of Italian descent and which one would get you punched in your ugly face, mutt?

Not really, but if I had to make a guess, I'd say that dago wouldn't go over particularly well. Don't really know the origin of guinea or whether or not it is considered derogatory. I do know that there are Sisilians that might punch you for calling them Italian.

Fit him for a pair of cement shoes, 'holic.

:x

smackaholic wrote:
I do know that there are Sisilians that might punch you for calling them Italian.

I imagine that there are come Sicilians who might punch you for calling them Sisilian.

Yeah, you're right.

smackaholic wrote:Not really, but if I had to make a guess, I'd say that dago wouldn't go over particularly well. Don't really know the origin of guinea or whether or not it is considered derogatory. I do know that there are Sisilians that might punch you for calling them Italian.

You had a 50% chance of being right, and a 100% likelihood of looking like a moron. Guinea (as well as wop) are both considered quite derogatory. Every Italian/Sicialian I've ever met (and that's a significant sampling) embraces the term dago. For many years there was an Italian bar & grill here that billed itself as "Home of the Dago-burger".

At the end of the day, I'll often ask my wife, "How'd your dago?"

I crack myself up.

Goober McTuber wrote:
I crack myself up.

what is the sound of one hand clapping?

Goober McTuber wrote:Every Italian/Sicialian I've ever met (and that's a significant sampling) embraces the term dago. For many years there was an Italian bar & grill here that billed itself as "Home of the Dago-burger".

The Italian neighborhood in St. Louis used to be known as Dago Hill. They call it The Hill nowadays. Still get some great Italian food there, though.

smackaholic wrote:Don't really know the origin of guinea or whether or not it is considered derogatory.

It's not, dagos are fine with it. Call the next one you see (preferably a large male) one and you'll be fast friends for life, despite one of those lives not lasting much longer.

Smackie Chan wrote:

smackaholic wrote:Don't really know the origin of guinea or whether or not it is considered derogatory.

It's not, dagos are fine with it. Call the next one you see (preferably a large male) one and you'll be fast friends for life, despite one of those lives not lasting much longer.

OK so maybe we should just go with goomba.

Mikey wrote:

Smackie Chan wrote:

smackaholic wrote:Don't really know the origin of guinea or whether or not it is considered derogatory.

It's not, dagos are fine with it. Call the next one you see (preferably a large male) one and you'll be fast friends for life, despite one of those lives not lasting much longer.

OK so maybe we should just go with goomba.

Kinda fukked up when even urban dictionary uses N-word rather than niggah. I kinda like the dago version of niggah, moolie.

Mikey wrote:

Smackie Chan wrote:

smackaholic wrote:Don't really know the origin of guinea or whether or not it is considered derogatory.

It's not, dagos are fine with it. Call the next one you see (preferably a large male) one and you'll be fast friends for life, despite one of those lives not lasting much longer.

OK so maybe we should just go with goomba.

What greaseball would have a problem with that?