muttley

GRUNDY: I am told that that group have received
forty thousand pounds from a record company.
Doesn't that seem, er, to be slightly opposed to
their anti-materialistic way of life?
MATLOCK: No, the more the merrier.
GRUNDY: Really?
MATLOCK: Oh yeah.
GRUNDY: Well tell me more then.
JONES: We've f**kin' spent it, ain't we?
GRUNDY: I don't know, have you?
MATLOCK: Yeah, it's all gone.
GRUNDY: Really?
JONES: Down the boozer.
GRUNDY: Good Lord! Now I want to know one thing...
MATLOCK: What?
GRUNDY: Are you serious or are you just making me,
trying to make me laugh?

MATLOCK: No, it's all gone. Gone.
GRUNDY: Really?
MATLOCK: Yeah.
GRUNDY: No, but I mean about what you're doing.
MATLOCK: Oh yeah.
GRUNDY: Are you serious?
MATLOCK: Mmm.
GRUNDY: Beethoven, Mozart, Bach and Brahms have all died...
ROTTEN: They're all heroes of ours, ain't they?
GRUNDY: Really...what? What were you saying, sir?
ROTTEN: They're wonderful people.
GRUNDY: Are they?
ROTTEN: Oh yes! They really turn us on.
JONES: But they're dead!
GRUNDY: Well suppose they turn other people on?
ROTTEN: Well that's just their tough sh*t.
GRUNDY: It's what?
ROTTEN: Nothing. A rude word. Next question.
GRUNDY: No, no, what was the rude word?
ROTTEN: sh*t.
GRUNDY: Was it really? Good heavens, you frighten me to death.
ROTTEN: Oh alright, Siegfried...
GRUNDY: What about you girls behind?
MATLOCK: He's like yer dad, innie, this geezer.
GRUNDY: Are you, er...
MATLOCK: Or your grandad.
GRUNDY: (To Sioux) Are you worried, or are you just enjoying
yourself?
SIOUX: Enjoying myself.
GRUNDY: Are you?
SIOUX: Yeah.
GRUNDY: Ah, that's what I thought you were doing.
SIOUX: I've always wanted to meet you.
GRUNDY: Did you really?
SIOUX: Yeah.
GRUNDY: We'll meet afterwards, shall we?
JONES: You dirty sod. You dirty old man!
GRUNDY: Well keep going, chief, keep going. Go on, you've got
another five seconds. Say something outrageous.
JONES: You dir...you dirty bastard!
GRUNDY: Go on, again.
JONES: You dirty f**ker!
GRUNDY: What a clever boy!
JONES: What a f**king rotter.
GRUNDY: Well, that's it for tonight. The other rocker Eamonn,
and I'm saying nothing else about him, will be back tomorrow.
I'll be seeing you soon, and I hope I won't be seeing you again.
From me, though, goodnight.

CamillePreakers

Muttley, why did you come back from uk?And how was your stay? What would you say are the main pro and cons compared to life in italy?

muttley

Because the tiny young british fawns weren't interested in me so I decided to settle for the dear old concettine

muttley

Pros: there are less italians around (still too many for my liking, btw)
Cons: the cost of living is too high

gaucho

I got stuck in the washing machine and my step brother helped me to get out in a strange way

CamillePreakers

Please more details.

Concettine the best!

CamillePreakers

But the salaries were just as high? Was it london?
I'm considering running away from this country, as soon as I can.

gaucho

It was a sort of in and out, for minutes and minutes. Can’t say much more cause I’m too shy, hope this image can support the explanation

muttley

It depends on your field of expertise: if you're majoring in engineer, IT, economics and so forth you'll be likely to find good job opportunities (provided you're willing to work long hours, sometimes even 70+ per week), otherwise it will be hard to make ends meet, just like here.

CamillePreakers

languages/translation

muttley

I used to know a guy who majored in translation or something like that and worked as a free lance translator (he mastered a very rare language like dutch); when he moved to London he started to work as a project manager.

Hor

I think translators will be all wiped out by A.I. in the next ten years...

CamillePreakers

Probably, but the same could be said about several different jobs. I think the skills could potentially be re-used for other jobs or you could supervise the AI works to catch any error/misunderstanding of the machine, until they become ''perfect''.

CamillePreakers

Hor, why do you dislike murakami?

Hor

Because (imho) his writing style is dull and too plain and simple. But I think he has a rich imagination.

CamillePreakers

I like him *because* the style is simple. But I only truly appreciated ''the colorless tsukuru tazaki and his years of pilgrimage''... I didn't like the characters or the plots of his other books I've read.
I should definitely start to read more again though. Seroquel made art works more boring for me.
What books would you recommend? Japanese authors especially.

franz90

Please enlighten us about the permasquint ratio you’ve reached both in UK and Italy.

Is it easier in UK if you have downturned eyes and a bad jawline?

CamillePreakers

And is the food as bad as they say?

Hor

I too have read The colorless, etc. and for me it is one of the best books of Murakami.

You can try Ogawa Yoko's books. Her book have a strange dreaming atmosphere and the plots are original and refreshing.

CamillePreakers

I will try to see if I can find one on library z, if not I will look for her books next time I have the time and the will to go to the library.
What do you think of Gillian Flynn or Niccolò Ammaniti, if you have read them?Or do you just read asian literature?