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Italian man fined for "crotch scratching"

  • 28-02-2008 11:00AM
    #1
    Princess Consuela Bananahammock
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 33,778 ✭✭✭✭


    Italy's Court of Appeal has issued a new hands-off landmark ruling - outlawing men from scratching their crotches in public.

    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.

    What the **** is thw world comeing to? To this is a God given right! And before the women moan about it, IF YOU HAD BALLS YOU'D SCRATCH 'EM TOO!!!!

    (And can you imagine the paperwork after a Seria A football match..?)

    Full story:
    http://news.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,30200-1307267,00.html

    Everything I don't like is either woke or fascist - possibly both - pick one.



Comments

  • #2
    Weidii
    Closed Accounts Posts: 842 ✭✭✭Weidii


    the equivalent of touching wood in Britain.

    Hah :P

    Didn't think the Italians were that tight.


  • #3
    macbarbie
    Closed Accounts Posts: 139 ✭✭macbarbie


    thats crazy... if youv got an itch... scratch it...... !!


  • #4
    Xavi6
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 40,977 ✭✭✭✭Xavi6


    macbarbie wrote: »
    thats crazy... if youv got an itch... scratch it...... !!

    Will you scratch mine for me so? :cool:


  • #5
    Cuddlesworth
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,010 ✭✭✭✭Cuddlesworth


    I see the ruling but I don't see the reasons behind it.

    For all you know he could have been standing in a public square for 2 hours giving it a good, long and slow scratch and staring at women around him.


  • #6
    cance
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,562 ✭✭✭cance


    krazy_8s wrote: »
    For all you know he could have been standing in a public square for 2 hours giving it a good, long and slow scratch and staring at women around him.

    you've been warned about that...


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  • #7
    [Deleted User]
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    Viva La Revolucion!!!


  • #8
    Princess Consuela Bananahammock
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 33,778 ✭✭✭✭Princess Consuela Bananahammock


    krazy_8s wrote: »
    I see the ruling but I don't see the reasons behind it.

    For all you know he could have been standing in a public square for 2 hours giving it a good, long and slow scratch and staring at women around him.

    He was a mechanic in overalls, apparently. I'm assuming somewhere in a workshop type environment.

    (Doing it openly, i would beleive, would result in a more serious penalty)

    Everything I don't like is either woke or fascist - possibly both - pick one.



  • #9
    Black Swan
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 47,829 CMod ✭✭✭✭Black Swan


    How would you like your pizza topping, with or without scratch?


  • #10
    Quality
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,900 ✭✭✭Quality


    They are all at it over there,, Must be something on the Pizza topping, Has them groping themselves day and night..


  • #11
    macbarbie
    Closed Accounts Posts: 139 ✭✭macbarbie


    Xavi6 wrote: »
    Will you scratch mine for me so? :cool:

    suppose i better seen as ud be in trouble for doing it yourself!! :p


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  • #12
    DisandDat
    Closed Accounts Posts: 80 ✭✭DisandDat


    Police State


  • #13
    rubadub
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,388 ✭✭✭✭rubadub


    krazy_8s wrote: »
    I see the ruling but I don't see the reasons behind it.

    For all you know he could have been standing in a public square for 2 hours giving it a good, long and slow scratch and staring at women around him.
    Thats what I suspect. There was some lad pissing in a lane in dublin recently enough, 2 women went by and he was exposing himself. They came back later and he was still there doing the same. The judge let him off I think, warnign maybe. He might get off saying technically he was pissing, even though that would be illegal, but not flashing. These seemingly bizarre laws are often in place to close up loopholes like this, I can't imagine the Italian prisons are going to be filled with millions of lads will ill-fitting boxers.


  • #14
    Xavi6
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 40,977 ✭✭✭✭Xavi6


    macbarbie wrote: »
    suppose i better seen as ud be in trouble for doing it yourself!! :p

    Score! :cool: PM me for a time and place....


  • #15
    LadyJ
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,122 ✭✭✭LadyJ


    Hang on, are women still allowed to scratch their front bums genitals in public?


  • #16
    azezil
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,397 ✭✭✭✭azezil


    Poor aul Wacko Jacko so! :/


  • #17
    Quality
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,900 ✭✭✭Quality


    Do you think it would be ok, if they got someone else to scratch their crotches for them or bought an instrument to do it....


    Rather than a back scratcher... A cock scratcher???

    Hmm must get that patented today, could be onto a good thing!!


  • #18
    Ross_Mahon
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,283 ✭✭✭Ross_Mahon


    Imagine a fat,hairy,smelly Italian scratching his balls, and then using his hands to make you a pizza...:eek:


  • #19
    cheridere
    Closed Accounts Posts: 102 ✭✭cheridere


    This should be a sticky on http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=152605


  • #20
    Hellm0
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,028 ✭✭✭Hellm0


    I for one am appalled. Their my nuts, if I want to scratch them what business is it of anyone else's? So long as I'm not blatantly pleasuring myself in a public place I see no harm in the act of ball's scratching. RABBLE!! RABBLE RABBLE!!


    Also, no its not legal for women to scratch their equipment. It wouldn't be moral not fair!


  • #21
    LadyJ
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,122 ✭✭✭LadyJ


    Not legal?! *scratches gee* Whaddia mean it's not legal?
    I'm bleedin' itchy!


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  • #22
    Sir Digby Chicken Caesar
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    god, that's attractive


  • #23
    Quality
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,900 ✭✭✭Quality


    LadyJ wrote: »
    Not legal?! *scratches gee* Whaddia mean it's not legal?
    I'm bleedin' itchy!


    I cant believe you just said that...


  • #24
    LadyJ
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,122 ✭✭✭LadyJ


    Clammy Todgers wrote: »
    god, that's attractive

    It wouldn't be so bad if I hadn't said "gee"........but I did!


  • #25
    Kintarō Hattori
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,073 ✭✭✭✭Kintarō Hattori


    Well it does all depend on the circumstances. As other have pointed out, he may have been getting more enjoyment from it than he should perhaps have.

    I know I do on occasion scratch the twins in public but it's as subtley as possible and not for long. It'd be madness if they were going all out to stop it completely. As someone else said 'when you've got an itch you've gotta scratch'.


  • #26
    Princess Consuela Bananahammock
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 33,778 ✭✭✭✭Princess Consuela Bananahammock


    LadyJ wrote: »
    Not legal?! *scratches gee* Whaddia mean it's not legal?
    I'm bleedin' itchy!

    I;m sorry I starte the thread, now.

    Everything I don't like is either woke or fascist - possibly both - pick one.



  • #27
    Hellm0
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,028 ✭✭✭Hellm0


    LadyJ wrote: »
    It wouldn't bee so bad if I hadn't said "gee"........but I did!

    Thats my kinda wrong, want to start a genitals scratching club?


  • #28
    LadyJ
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,122 ✭✭✭LadyJ


    Hellm0 wrote: »
    Thats my kinda wrong, want to start a genitals scratching club?

    Glad to see someone's on board!

    Boy, do I!


  • #29
    Hellm0
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,028 ✭✭✭Hellm0


    LadyJ wrote: »
    Glad to see someone's on board!

    Boy, do I!

    I'll start filing the paper work, the website might take a little while but we'll get there. Recruit new members on your end, soon we'll march on the capital*!!!

    *whilst overtly relieving ourselves of genital itches


  • #30
    LadyJ
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,122 ✭✭✭LadyJ


    Hellm0 wrote: »
    I'll start filing the paper work, the website might take a little while but we'll get there. Recruit new members on your end, soon we'll march on the capital*!!!

    *whilst overtly relieving ourselves of genital itches

    Sounds exciting! We should propose a boards genital scratching forum as well!
    The motto could be "Scratch your snatch!"


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  • #31
    Hellm0
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,028 ✭✭✭Hellm0


    LadyJ wrote: »
    Sounds exciting! We should propose a boards genital scratching forum as well!
    The motto could be "Scratch your snatch!"

    Catchy AND informative! I LOVE it! Lets get the wheels in motion shall we? Where does one propose new forums anyway? I've been on this site for donkeys years and have yet to have reason to do this.


  • #32
    LadyJ
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,122 ✭✭✭LadyJ


    http://boards.ie/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?f=461

    Go for it!




    Don't mention my name though because I don't want to get demoted back to registered user!


  • #33
    TwoShedsJackson
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,438 ✭✭✭TwoShedsJackson


    It's a sorry state of affairs when a man can't give his doorbells a good jangle in public now. Next they'll be stopping young ones picking their thongs out of their arses, I suppose.


  • #34
    rubadub
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,388 ✭✭✭✭rubadub


    LadyJ wrote: »
    Not legal?! *scratches gee* Whaddia mean it's not legal?
    I'm bleedin' itchy!

    She's a LadyJ, whoa-whoa-whoa She's a Lady

    Nothing wrong with scratching, as long as you are not trying to fix a nice cameltoe.


  • #35
    Hellm0
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,028 ✭✭✭Hellm0


    The revolution is upon us! Rise! Rise!!
    http://boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=55258317#post55258317


  • #36
    azezil
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,397 ✭✭✭✭azezil


    LadyJ wrote: »
    It wouldn't bee so bad if I hadn't said "gee"........but I did!

    Could have been worse, you could have said 'me bleedin gee'....


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  • #37
    LadyJ
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,122 ✭✭✭LadyJ


    azezil wrote: »
    Could have been worse, you could have said 'me bleedin gee'....


    You're a glass half full kinda guy!


  • #38
    phasers
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,159 ✭✭✭✭phasers


    hope it comes in over here


  • #39
    Ruu_Old
    Closed Accounts Posts: 36,634 ✭✭✭✭Ruu_Old


    Next it will be Trappatoni on the sidelines. :/


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