Ria Bacon: editor & writer

Linguist with wanderlust,
From the hills of New Guinea to the halls of the Sorbonne,
From the beaches of Bassam to the fields of Friesland,
From the catacombs of Rome to the Blue Mountains of Jamaica.
From the heather of the Veluwe to the dust of Dakar ...

Currently resident in the Land of Sea with a small tribe of kids and Mr B.

Tweet Blender

Currently translating a manual on how to make a handpump. Background research takes ages but gives great feeling of learning something new.
1 week ago
@RiaBacon helloooo! i've been suffering from exactly the same problem.
2 weeks ago
@lucypepper Good to hear from you. Real life is getting in the way of my virtual self. Maybe I should outsource the overworked part.
2 weeks ago
Fat tax now! RT @AP In 20 years, some 42 percent of the U.S. population will be obese, new government report says: http://t.co/ImZK2ETt -EF
2 weeks ago
@RiaBacon i read that as: Fresh post... random outbreak. Need more sleep.
2 weeks ago

Stet in a cloud

Ria fotografia

Photo Galleries

Now hear dis!

FYI

Stet means "Let it stand" and is used by editors to indicate that the original text should be left untouched.

...in Arcadia ego is a pun on a painting by Poussin.

Stet is a proud member of


    expatriate

Contact

Ria[dot]Bacon[at]gmail.com

No pictures please


The fourth of five posts about Italian election posters. One more tomorrow, then I swear I’ll stop boring you with pictures of Italian wannabe politicos and start boring you with [insert wry self-deprecation which commenters will contradict in a spontaneous outpouring of admiration for my wit and insight].


In a desperate attempt at novelty among all the headshots of middle-aged men grinning inanely for your vote, there is now the anti-image candidate who only shows the back of his head.

Meet Gerri.

I don’t know why, but I suspect he isn’t wearing any shoes with that pin-striped suit.

Whiteout

According to Italian law, as of one month before the election date, posters can only be of a certain maximum size. Any larger posters still remaining after this date are unceremoniously covered up.

Isn’t this a great country?

Red Noses

There hasn’t been the same rash of red noses that hit most of the political posters last year.


I hope you’ve been taking notes

After all my babble about these posters, I leave the final candidate’s picture to you. Discuss.

World fitness champion

Related posts:

  1. Mush to mush
  2. Not the Village People
  3. Tits ‘n’ bums, kids ‘n’ mums
  4. Cover up or rip off?
  5. I’m a patriot, you’re a nationalist, he’s a terrorist …
  • http://riabacon.blogspot.com Ria

    Did you see how huge and shiny her shoulder is? She could challenge any opposition councillors to arm wrestle for their vote.

  • http://theapologist.blogspot.com CW Fisher

    This is what politics is all about–or should be: comedy and sex. Vota Silvia Scaglione!