Everyday Italian: Signs of the Times

Piazza Gambara, Milano

Vorrei svegliarti ogni mattina con un bacio - "I'd like to wake you every morning with a kiss."

This sign mysteriously appeared on a bus stop in Lecco. I haven't seen any others like it, and have no idea who's responsible, whether it's one it a series...?

It says: "When you take 5 minutes to do what others do in 5 days YOU GET BORED - I QUIT"

We spotted this poster in a small-town bar, for a series of festivities hosted by a local parish. I was particularly struck by the activities for May 1st: In large type, a donkey race, followed in the evening by "dinner with donkey stew, polenta, ribs, and sausage."

Eating donkey (and horse) is not unheard-of, but, in the context, seems a bit rude...

Stefano Tonti, supplier of one of the funniest newspaper headlnes I've yet seen, strikes again, this time with a graffito which is also a grammar lesson. It originally said "Marty I love you" (ti amo), but was overwritten to the past tense: ti amavo - "I loved you."