I’ve heard the same thing about Italy. Everyone there is supposedly gorgeous, even the old ladies, according to a guy I know who went there with his wife and then said, “shoot, even the Men are gorgeous over there!”
I don’t buy it though. I’ve been around the western half of the U.S. when I was traveling for construction work back in the 80s & 90s and there’s good lookin’ folks and ugly folks everywhere you go. At least in my experience.
Btw…welcome back, Adam. Please let us know if you ever do guest strips for others. I picked up three new daily comics to read from your guest artists!
As an Italian, I can assure you: sadly, we are not all bodybuilders and bikini models.
And oh god, old Italian ladies? I mean, some manage to stay in good shape, but to say they look /gorgeous/… Your friend either needs glasses, or is a gerontophiliac.
Honestly, what I heard about Italy is that people get fat when they get old.
But in France, it’s a different thing. People don’t look pretty. People look aesthetical. Their face fits well together. It’s the same thing in alot of places.
There are beautiful and ugly people everywhere. Some are ugly on the outside but beautiful on the inside. Others are ugly on the inside, no matter how “pretty” they are on the outside. We all get old eventually. Few manage to stay pretty at that time. But here in America people eat all the wrong kinds of foods, don’t get enough exercise, and are often obese. Many don’t care about how they look. Hedonism does have its consequences.
But I know this: there are truly beautiful people in every nation, land, color and ethnicity– both outside and inside. If one looks up “beautiful faces” on the Internet, there are all colors, sizes, ages and nationalities. There is no shortage of beauty, anywhere. However it is true that in some areas people are more careful about how they look when they go out in public.
That’s a side effect of the “Grandma Syndrome”. As they grow old, Italian women seem to develop a nearly-sexual fetish for feeding their relatives at every chance they get. No matter if you just ate en entire Christmas dinner: They’ll still try to get you to eat “just a bit more”. You might weigh 150 kilos and they’ll tell you “You’re too slim! You should eat more”.
To be honest it’s mostly that people in France and Italy (especially in big cities) pay a lot of attention to how they dress, contrary to what I’ve seen when I went to the US, and what I’ve been told from friends and colleagues back from their trips.
I think that depends on where (and when) you go. Are you in downtown Milan during the Fashion Week? You’ll see lot of sharply-dressed people. However, take a trip to the suburbs (or just anywhere that’s away from the fashion-obsessed psychos, really) and you’ll see people dressed normally or even not caring much about their physical appearance.
Long story short: We have yet to find a people composed exclusively by gorgeous and well-dressed men and women, ready to conquer the world with their sexiness.
Okay, “Sancutary much” is definitely one of the best lame puns I’ve heard this year.
Being no native English speaker I didn’t even notice it at first so I need to sanctuary much, too.
Don’t beat yourself up over it, I didn’t notice until I decided to read it aloud.
I thought Cologne was in Germany?
It is, the reference is to Eau de Cologne, which in English has become a genericism for perfumes.
I really wish you hadn’t taken that seriously 😛
The way I’ve always heard it, perfume is for women, cologne is for men. But they’re basically the same thing.
I’ve heard the same thing about Italy. Everyone there is supposedly gorgeous, even the old ladies, according to a guy I know who went there with his wife and then said, “shoot, even the Men are gorgeous over there!”
I don’t buy it though. I’ve been around the western half of the U.S. when I was traveling for construction work back in the 80s & 90s and there’s good lookin’ folks and ugly folks everywhere you go. At least in my experience.
Btw…welcome back, Adam. Please let us know if you ever do guest strips for others. I picked up three new daily comics to read from your guest artists!
As an Italian, I can assure you: sadly, we are not all bodybuilders and bikini models.
And oh god, old Italian ladies? I mean, some manage to stay in good shape, but to say they look /gorgeous/… Your friend either needs glasses, or is a gerontophiliac.
Honestly, what I heard about Italy is that people get fat when they get old.
But in France, it’s a different thing. People don’t look pretty. People look aesthetical. Their face fits well together. It’s the same thing in alot of places.
There are beautiful and ugly people everywhere. Some are ugly on the outside but beautiful on the inside. Others are ugly on the inside, no matter how “pretty” they are on the outside. We all get old eventually. Few manage to stay pretty at that time. But here in America people eat all the wrong kinds of foods, don’t get enough exercise, and are often obese. Many don’t care about how they look. Hedonism does have its consequences.
But I know this: there are truly beautiful people in every nation, land, color and ethnicity– both outside and inside. If one looks up “beautiful faces” on the Internet, there are all colors, sizes, ages and nationalities. There is no shortage of beauty, anywhere. However it is true that in some areas people are more careful about how they look when they go out in public.
That’s a side effect of the “Grandma Syndrome”. As they grow old, Italian women seem to develop a nearly-sexual fetish for feeding their relatives at every chance they get. No matter if you just ate en entire Christmas dinner: They’ll still try to get you to eat “just a bit more”. You might weigh 150 kilos and they’ll tell you “You’re too slim! You should eat more”.
Scientists have yet to find a cure for this.
To be honest it’s mostly that people in France and Italy (especially in big cities) pay a lot of attention to how they dress, contrary to what I’ve seen when I went to the US, and what I’ve been told from friends and colleagues back from their trips.
I think you are right. Ever been to a WalMart about 1am? (or 8pm for that matter). It is a scary, scary thing.
I think that depends on where (and when) you go. Are you in downtown Milan during the Fashion Week? You’ll see lot of sharply-dressed people. However, take a trip to the suburbs (or just anywhere that’s away from the fashion-obsessed psychos, really) and you’ll see people dressed normally or even not caring much about their physical appearance.
Long story short: We have yet to find a people composed exclusively by gorgeous and well-dressed men and women, ready to conquer the world with their sexiness.
That’s why I don’t travel abroad. I don’t need some foreign country rubbing my hideousness in my face. Well that and I’m just plain lazy.
Ooh female bugs with rounded facial features! Now where have I seen that before 😉
Well, if you love France so much why don’t you marry it?!
(Alternately; If France is so great, why do they live in igloos?!)
“Sanctuary much.” Owwwwww. Paaaaaiiinn. Brilliant. 😀
2 points for the Notre Dame guard. Is that Rex Pflueger?!?!
Quasimodo is not the ugliest one, check out his brother Fullmodo!
I must respectfully disagree. Google Image Search for Gerard Depardieu.
Santuary much is brilliant. Thank you.
For some reason, the girl bug’s antennae in panels two and three seem quite attractive.
They have a certain “je ne sais quoi” about them.
I thought that was a guy in panel 3… It’s not impossible that a girl might sit like that on a park bunch, but it would be unusual.