2016-03-19 18:53
There's quite a lot of people (at least 5, that is) landing on this site because they would like to know the correct italian pronunciation of the names of the two mascots of the Torino 2006… Read More
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2016-03-19 18:53
Some people have privatley asked what it means that "I despise the vapid, logorrhoic useless rants that most blogs nowadays offer" (in the voLabulary "Who" section). After having read here a… Read More
2016-03-19 18:53
Olympic mascots: Lake Placid 1980 After careful inspection, we have decided what is wrong with this blue-skinned raccoon called "Roni". The main issue (apart from his blue skin) seem… Read More
2006-01-24 07:05
Olympic Mascots: Albertville 1992 This is a great idea! Have the winter olympics represented by a starfish, the classic animal found in snowy and mountainous environments!… Read More
2006-01-19 07:12
Olympic Mascots: Atlanta 1996 SCREAM! That blue thing has got olympic circles for eyebrows, bulbous eyes with star-shaped pupils and a mouth on its stomach!!! Apparently, this… Read More
2006-01-16 23:27
Olympic Mascots: Nagano 1998 I simply have no comments about these whatever-they-are named "Sukki", "Nokki", "Lekki", and "Tsukki" (the first and third sound very, very ambiguous… Read More
2006-01-11 23:17
Olympic Mascots: Salt Lake City 2002 Straight from "Oliver Twist", here come the three worst victorian names ever conceived. "Copper" and "Coal" , judging from their happy hopping… Read More
2006-01-10 00:02
Olympic Mascots: Athens 2004 The two happy pink weirdos above, for exmaple, have gracefully represented the Athens 2004 Olympics. I don't care if they are named "Ahena" and "Pheb… Read More
2006-01-05 07:14
Turin will be Olympic host city in February, and work has been going on round here since about three years for preparing the event. Between building yards and media events, the city ha… Read More
2006-01-03 12:30
Here's three of our best wishes for a wonderful 2006:May you avoid this year's flu - avian or not, it makes you really sick. May your boss never decide that "who cares"?May you always have s… Read More
2005-12-24 11:27
Greetings everyone... A small song whose lyrics you should read complete... The content is not as sweet as it may seem from the start...It was christmas eve babeIn the drunk tankAn old man s… Read More
2005-12-21 07:19
Ladies and Gentlemen, here comes the Japan Christmas special of the year! Indeed, the best rolling-LED advice ever to see the light of day. Captured for your entertainment of the holiday sea… Read More
2005-12-19 20:12
Japan loos 3: and here comes the brain of the toilet bowl - with more processing power that Wintermute from "Neuromancer" , the japanese toilet's control panel is also an excellent exa… Read More
2005-12-16 07:25
Japan loos, part 2: as the sign placed between the air freshener and the toilet paper clearly says, this toilet bowl is a "non-mobile phone" . I found this nice exampl… Read More
2005-12-14 07:13
Dangers, in Japan, seem to multiply in the bathroom. With a level of technology equivalent to a Mars Rover, the average Japanese loo is a true deathtrap according to the warnings written all… Read More
2005-12-12 09:09
I had the chance of visiting (very quickly) Japan recently, and came back with some strange impressions. For one thing, it seems that the most trivial activities actually become hazardous, o… Read More
2005-12-08 12:26
Since it seems we have got a nice 4-people (including one spambot) community here, I could not resist the temptation to try to know where veryone is from... So, if you want, you can just go… Read More
2005-12-05 20:03
Sorry but I just can't resist the avalanche (four, coun'em, FOUR, including a spambot) of comments, and had to reply publicly. Yes, I have been a slacker recently. Of course, this applies on… Read More
2005-09-12 07:33
So, summer is over (even if I had no vacations yet), and I would like to say "hello" to all newcomers. The voLabulary has slightly changed, and I am not sure I can actually offer a daily pos… Read More
2005-08-09 19:17
The voLabulary will be taking a couple of weeks of vacation... See you for new and exciting stuff (and possibly a new graphical format) around the end of August!!! Il voLabolario si prende u… Read More
2005-08-05 06:30
According to my calculations, this is the one-hundredth post for the voLabulary! Sung to the tune of "happy birthday to you": "You belong to the zoo, you belong to the zoo, with the zebras t… Read More
2005-08-04 06:16
A quickie before the big surprise of tomorrow... Would you like to work in an "english language halp desk"? Una sveltina prima della grande srpresa di domani... Lavorereste in un "halp d… Read More
2005-08-03 06:24
We will have a huge surprise for you on Friday. Be warned. Since we will be having this huge surprise on Friday, of course, we won't be having any post today. So there! Vi faremo una gross… Read More
2005-08-02 06:12
Tired of those nosy neighborhoods? Let them experience the sensation of being watched. All day. All night. Just paint a huge eye on your house, and you're done! Stufi di quei vicini impic… Read More
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