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And what are those voices telling you?

Post 1

Sunday, February 8, 2009 - 11:43am

I'm unwilling to slam my head in a car door until this makes sense.

Post 2

Sunday, February 8, 2009 - 1:04pm

It's ok, Ryan. Wrong generation.

Hint: try another city name.

BTW, the U.S. MARINES now forbid their grunts from going across the border, as they consider it too dangerous.

Any bets on which month the Mexican Civil War starts? Oops...

Post 3

Sunday, February 8, 2009 - 3:36pm

Phil, what is the other city whose name you replaced here?

I am 42 years old and totally unfamiliar with any slogan like this.

Post 4

Sunday, February 8, 2009 - 4:18pm

Luke,

The best I can come up with is, "Vedi Napoli e muore" - Naples. And the meaning was that once you've seen Naples you might as well pass on because you have seen the best, or something like that.

I have no clue what Phil is going on about.

Post 5

Monday, February 9, 2009 - 11:07am

After doing a search for +"See * and die" (*=wildcard), I couldn't find any place that used this slogan more than any other.

"See Naples and die" does seem to be an old proverb, but I'd never heard of it before this.

(Edited by Scott Cram on 2/09, 11:08am)

Post 6

Monday, February 9, 2009 - 6:56pm

My goodness. I might have supposed that I had fantasized my whole culture, except that when I mentioned this to one of my co-workers, a thoroughly Americanized 2nd generation Chinese/American, SHE got the reference instantly...

And, knowing the original phrase, I got 11,000 pages from Google, including quite a number that reflected the common usage of the phrase, and included it therefore in various book or play titles. As in, those movie, TV, and play script writers must also be in my fantasy.

Keep trying, guys. Eventually you, too, will surely acquire some culture - via osmosis anyway.

Post 7

Monday, February 9, 2009 - 9:20pm

You have to forgive us, Phil, if the first thing your posts bring to mind is "paranoid racist."

Post 8

Tuesday, February 10, 2009 - 7:01pm