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Got an Itch Cant Scratch

28-02-2008 11:00am

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Rob_l

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Italian Ban On Public Privates-Scratching

Nick Pisa in Rome
Updated:02:14, Thursday February 28, 2008
Italy's Court of Appeal has issued a new hands-off landmark ruling - outlawing men from scratching their crotches in public.
Touching private parts to stay private

The ruling says that blatant scratching or holding is "an act contrary to decorum and public decency".

Superstitious Italian men often hold or touch their private parts for good luck when they see a hearse or to ward off bad luck - the equivalent of touching wood in Britain.

Italy's Court of Appeal in Rome made the judgement after listening to the appeal of a 42-year-old man from Como who had been fined 200 euros for gross indeceny at a hearing in May last year.

http://news.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,30200-1307267,00.html?f=rss

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#2 28-02-2008 11:14am

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:eek::eek: Gold! hates that lads

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#3 28-02-2008 12:26pm

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Yeah, but it's in Italy, they have traffic laws and stuff there too like! :rolleyes:

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#4 28-02-2008 12:30pm

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the equivalent of touching wood in Britain.

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#5 28-02-2008 12:32pm

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Would you like that popcorn in a basket we are sharing with or without a scratch?

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#6 28-02-2008 1:02pm

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I dont think the Italian government has done enough research into the area of how beneficial grabbing your crotch is at warding off evil curses I can see this having a bad effect on society in Italy as a whole.

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#7 28-02-2008 1:48pm

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Stinger for italians lads!!:p

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#8 28-02-2008 3:26pm

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Superstitious Italian men often hold or touch their private parts for good luck when they see a hearse or to ward off bad luck - the equivalent of touching wood in Britain.

Frankly, if you're touching wood when a hearse goes by, you may be a necrophiliac.

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#9 28-02-2008 4:33pm

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Brothers, fight for your right to scratch your bits!

http://boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055245657

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#10 28-02-2008 4:36pm

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it's my mickey and ill wash it as hard and as fasy as i like;)

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