Thursday, January 17, 2013

A Doofus Abroad: The Teej meets The Bacchus

As many of you know, from my travel-related ranting on twitter, I was in Italy the past week or so, with the wife and sister-in-law. We stayed in Florence, with day trips to Rome and Siena. It was an absolutely phenomenal time, and if you ever have the chance to visit Italy, I strongly urge you to do so.

As I did when I returned from my honeymoon in Ireland, I figured I'd throw in some pic filler from the trip, since I'm so photogenic and all. Today's entry comes from our walk through the Pizza Boboli Gardens, at the Pitti Palace (basically, the Medicis realllllly big house when they were grand dukes of Tuscany).

Here's two dudes with the same body type, except one is riding a turtle:


The Fountain of Bacchus, or fountain of the Dwarf Morgante, is located in the Boboli Gardens in Florence, in the north-west of the Pitti Palace on the wall where it passes the Vasari Corridor, a short distance from the garden of Palazzo Pitti. The sculpture is marble white and is 116 cm high.

And in other news...Manti Te'o, eh?

54 comments:

  1. if we're ever going to get any traffic on this blog, we need some kind of "catfish" style hoax like the manti te'o story.

    what if t.j. actually went to florence, alabama and not florence, italy? would america care about that?

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  2. i've been to florence, kentucky. wrote a blog post about it. nobody cared.

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  3. TR's been inside Florence, Henderson...where's the blog post about that?

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  4. One time, I thought my girlfriend was pregnant but then she got a visit from Flo.

    Kiss my grits.

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  5. I felt just like this the day I found out about Milli Vanilli

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  6. jesus, am i overdue for a haircut. my hair has reached fletch-like proportions: 5'4", 5'9" with the afro.

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  7. Hey it's the internet, the place where anything goes - might as well go for 5'7".

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  8. Holy shit! Te'o's fake dead girlfriend worked for a construction company I represent, per the just released transcripts! If she actually existed, I probably would still never have met her:

    http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/college-football/news/20130117/manti-teo-girlfriend-hoax-quotes/

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  9. Sacred fecal matter indeed!

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  10. Florida is playing without its best defensive player and is up 41-20 at Texas A&M early in the second half. Rob, you can cheer for Florida this season if it helps you deal with this disappointing Tribe season.

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  11. Archer season premier airs tonight at 10. If you don't know...

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  12. Rob- have you see the pictures of Bryant Denny Stadium covered in snow? Pretty cool.

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  13. that shit's gonna shut alabama down for days.

    i like the gators, but i like john beilein's wolverines a lot, too.

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  14. Wolverines!!!!!!

    I miss Swayze.

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  15. Any among the G:TB faithful getting snowed on yet?

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  16. The Wolverines are really, really good. Entertaining As well.

    VCU-St. Jose's has been one of the better games I've watched all year.

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  17. This game is great. VCU is my second favorite team in the country. I even own their shorts.

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  18. Unless I missed it, the W&M fratres among us were remiss in not mentioning the passing of Dear Abby.

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  19. not polite to remind people of their failings, clarence

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  20. I find Mike Golic's absence over the last 2 days interesting.

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  21. you think he was te'o's imaginary girlfriend?

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  22. gonzaga/butler tomorrow night at 9:00. giggity.

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  23. Golic is searching for the real perpetrator of the Te'o hoax. He believes his name to be "Charlie."

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  24. Golic's kid is playing in a college all star game this weekend, this his absence.

    Also, Jazz Fest lineup was released yesterday. Black Keys are one of the headliners. Yeeeeuh.

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  25. Not just Gonzaga-Butler, Rob. Cuse-Louisville, Florida-Missouri & Ohio State-Michigan State.

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  26. where is zman? i've had no zman comments on SoD for days . . .

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  27. We are seeing how long we can go without commenting on SoD. A week now!!!

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  28. Dave- I've never commented on SoD. Where's your concern for me? Huh?

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  29. I haven't been to SoD since you posted your topless cupping photos.

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  30. Only the penitent man shall pass.

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  31. But in Latin Jehovah begins with an I.

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  32. Mike Golic Jr. In an all-star game? There's a story for ya.
    No one watch Lance last night? Shlara? I did not but have it on the old recording machine for my Fri eve viewing.

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  33. wonder what Cane Lover thinks of all this Te'o stuff?

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  34. I watched the 'Lance' show last night. He is an evil person. He said he was sorry but there is no way he meant it. His body language and eye movements were dead giveaways. It all boils down to him being a rich-ass bully who would win at any cost and thought nothing of ruining peoples lives who were trying to tell the truth.

    It's hard to believe he could come out looking worse than before the interview but he managed to do it. He is an egomaniac of the highest order.

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  35. ya know who really gets hosed in this whole deal? his kids. not. fair. fucked up. he's certainly been lying to them forever and feeding them w/ammo when other kids give them shit about their dad. f'ing dick. i wonder how their day was today.

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  36. you guys are banning SoD just because i posted some topless cupping photos? i thought you had stronger stomachs.

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  37. Nobody's banning you, Dave. We're simply suggesting that we would comment if you showed some full frontal female nudity.

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  38. i will ask my wife, but i doubt she'll be on board.

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  39. dave, pro tip: the key to good internet nudes is NOT asking permission

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  40. Just like Dave's uninvited cupping treatment.

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  41. pour some out for prop joe. r.i.p. robert chew.

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  42. just beat my family at monopoly. wow am i drunk . . .

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  43. Penne ala vodka sauce with shrimp for dinner tonight. My father in law is alright.

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  44. Te'o is going to pull so much fake strange now it is sick.

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  45. How about the SURGING Washington Wizards? Those guys are playing with some swagger...

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  46. only 11 games out of the 8th spot in the East

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  47. new wrenball post up in advance of our home loss to drexel

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