Comments on: A bit of black humour https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2012/01/a-bit-of-black-humour-2/ Daphne Caruana Galizia is a journalist working in Malta. Sat, 21 Jan 2012 23:46:22 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: antonia willis https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2012/01/a-bit-of-black-humour-2/#comment-166163 Sat, 21 Jan 2012 23:46:22 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=16692#comment-166163 Naughty H.P. Baxxter – give the lovely Maltese a break: that G.C. was well earned!! :)

]]> By: H.P. Baxxter https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2012/01/a-bit-of-black-humour-2/#comment-163896 Thu, 19 Jan 2012 13:31:27 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=16692#comment-163896 In reply to Neil Dent.

God knows I look askance at Italy, but how about a joke on Maltese “reluctant involvement” in various wars?

]]> By: Jozef https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2012/01/a-bit-of-black-humour-2/#comment-163790 Thu, 19 Jan 2012 10:50:10 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=16692#comment-163790 In reply to Steve Forster.

Which could explain why German SS were astonished when a light infantry division preferred to face 8th army British tanks with grenades and molotov cocktails. The incident reinforced Patton’s disdain for Monty.

Ever heard of the Andrea Doria’s Calamai?

]]> By: Chris Ripard https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2012/01/a-bit-of-black-humour-2/#comment-163352 Wed, 18 Jan 2012 22:43:07 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=16692#comment-163352 “coraggio – fuggiamo”

]]> By: anthony https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2012/01/a-bit-of-black-humour-2/#comment-163268 Wed, 18 Jan 2012 20:41:26 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=16692#comment-163268 Lovely. Almost Winnie but not quite.

The real point is that on Italian liners, in an emergency, you get catapulted into a lifeboat.

Don’t ask me how. Ask Schettino.

State of the art.

]]> By: Steve Forster https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2012/01/a-bit-of-black-humour-2/#comment-163238 Wed, 18 Jan 2012 19:55:39 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=16692#comment-163238 It’s similar to the old saying about Italian armoured vehicles during World War II: 5 gears in total, 4 reverse and 1 forward (crawl).

]]> By: Neil Dent https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2012/01/a-bit-of-black-humour-2/#comment-163202 Wed, 18 Jan 2012 18:56:08 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=16692#comment-163202 Due to their reluctant involvment in the 1991 Gulf War, the government of Italy (a nation not known for their bravado), replaced half of their fighter-jet fleet with Harrier jets, because they were the only ones that could fly backwards.

]]> By: cat https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2012/01/a-bit-of-black-humour-2/#comment-163078 Wed, 18 Jan 2012 16:04:14 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=16692#comment-163078 It seems that “women and children first” didn’t apply at all for the Concordia case.

]]> By: WC https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2012/01/a-bit-of-black-humour-2/#comment-163043 Wed, 18 Jan 2012 15:23:45 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=16692#comment-163043 In reply to WC.

True that. Also it is a bit hard to imagine Churchill going on an ITALIAN ship in that era.

The quote is also attributed to a certain Noel Coward: “I only travel on Italian ships; in the event of sinking, there’s none of that ‘women and children first’ nonsense!”.

]]> By: Hot Mama https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2012/01/a-bit-of-black-humour-2/#comment-163041 Wed, 18 Jan 2012 15:17:10 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=16692#comment-163041 Some more black humour

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=209798289114069&set=a.205729969520901.47828.205275409566357&type=1&theater

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