As we were discussing in the last post, Sasa and Mimmo seem to think Kazan and St Petersburg are slightly closer together than they actually are.
*sigh* I know, right? I can totally imagine what happened:
Mimmo: Genoa was 10th and no CL and Prandelli isn't going to call me up any more and our coach smells bad and my basil died! Sasa: You should come join me! They pay you lots more and you have a better shot at Europe! Mimmo: Ok! That's sounds like a great idea! *various transfer dealings ensue* Mimmo: Hey, Sasa, the transfer went through! I'm going to Zenit St Petersburg! Sasa: YOU'RE GOING WHERE. Mimmo: Russia! To join you! Sasa: DO YOU KNOW WHERE ST PETERSBURG IS? Mimmo: In Russia! Sasa: I PLAY FOR RUBEN KAZAN. Mimmo: ...Right? Sasa: KAZAN IS FARTHER AWAY FROM ST PETERSBURG THAN GENOA. Mimmo: We're... not going to be able to commit minor felonies together carry out our clandestine love affair in a one-bedroom unheated flat in St Petersburg's historical ghetto, shivering together under the covers during the brutal winters while reciting the love poetry of Pablo Neruda see each other all the time? Sasa: NO. Mimmo: ...Oh.
One month later... Mimmo: WHAT DO YOU MEAN IT'S TOO COLD TO GROW BASIL HERE.
*Thinks* Won't the basil love it in the summer?... Oh, no, maritime climate. Whoops. Sorry, Mimmo. *Gets lost in thought looking at the map* I love how Sasa's in Tatarstan; I bet he gets people thinking he's from the area all the time, cos of how his face looks. (Oh, and Kazan and St P do seem to be slightly closer together than Kazan and Genova.)
I know Kazan is actually closer to St P than to Genoa, but the difference is pretty slight, and my flaily Sasa worked better the other way. ;) It's still not close enough for their tormented love affair, which after all is what matters. (Seriously, Mimmo, just because you're in the same country doesn't mean you're going to be close. Russia is really big.)
I'm pretty sure that St P has about the same climate as Copenhagen, and it's pretty hard to grow basil in Denmark. Whether that's the cold or the weaker sunlight, though, I don't know.
Does Sasa actually have any Central/North Asian ancestry? Because he really does look like he's partially from there. He's strangely... not Italian-looking for a boy from Naples.
I suppose at least their long phone calls will be in the same time zone now. (Martha thinks Sasa's bonking Christian Noboa anyway.)
*Interested* How d'you know? Have you seriously lived in Denmark as well as Wales and America? I'm so impressed.
*Contemplates* I'm not sure what the common-sense answer is. My first thought was "Don't be silly, loads of people have slanted eyes", but then it occurred to me that perhaps people are just a lot more ethnically diverse than you'd expect; perhaps the Tatars made it to Italy...
*sigh* I know, right? I can totally imagine what happened:
Mimmo: Genoa was 10th and no CL and Prandelli isn't going to call me up any more and our coach smells bad and my basil died!
Sasa: You should come join me! They pay you lots more and you have a better shot at Europe!
Mimmo: Ok! That's sounds like a great idea!
*various transfer dealings ensue*
Mimmo: Hey, Sasa, the transfer went through! I'm going to Zenit St Petersburg!
Sasa: YOU'RE GOING WHERE.
Mimmo: Russia! To join you!
Sasa: DO YOU KNOW WHERE ST PETERSBURG IS?
Mimmo: In Russia!
Sasa: I PLAY FOR RUBEN KAZAN.
Mimmo: ...Right?
Sasa: KAZAN IS FARTHER AWAY FROM ST PETERSBURG THAN GENOA.
Mimmo: We're... not going to be able to commit minor felonies together carry out our clandestine love affair in a one-bedroom unheated flat in St Petersburg's historical ghetto, shivering together under the covers during the brutal winters while reciting the love poetry of Pablo Neruda see each other all the time?
Sasa: NO.
Mimmo: ...Oh.
One month later...
Mimmo: WHAT DO YOU MEAN IT'S TOO COLD TO GROW BASIL HERE.
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I'm pretty sure that St P has about the same climate as Copenhagen, and it's pretty hard to grow basil in Denmark. Whether that's the cold or the weaker sunlight, though, I don't know.
Does Sasa actually have any Central/North Asian ancestry? Because he really does look like he's partially from there. He's strangely... not Italian-looking for a boy from Naples.
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*Interested* How d'you know? Have you seriously lived in Denmark as well as Wales and America? I'm so impressed.
*Contemplates* I'm not sure what the common-sense answer is. My first thought was "Don't be silly, loads of people have slanted eyes", but then it occurred to me that perhaps people are just a lot more ethnically diverse than you'd expect; perhaps the Tatars made it to Italy...
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