{"id":171,"date":"2006-06-21T17:56:00","date_gmt":"2006-06-21T17:56:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sararosso.com\/wordpress\/2006\/06\/21\/the-bigger-the-butt-the-better\/"},"modified":"2011-01-12T17:07:49","modified_gmt":"2011-01-12T15:07:49","slug":"the-bigger-the-butt-the-better","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.msadventuresinitaly.com\/blog\/2006\/06\/21\/the-bigger-the-butt-the-better\/","title":{"rendered":"The Bigger the Butt, the Better"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>Not for the easily offended, but a great online <a href=\"http:\/\/www.beerleaguethemovie.com\/games\/index_game.html\">Pinball advergame<\/a> for Beer League (<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/NSFW\">NSFW<\/a> &#8211; need headphones)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.snickerssatisfies.com\/\">Snickers Satisfies<\/a> &#8211; now daily! Every day they will have a different game, flash or something to keep you occupied. It&#8217;s an interesting idea with a lot of upkeep!\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Che culo hai!! What a butt you have!<\/p>\n<p>Welcome to Italy, a country where it&#8217;s perfectly acceptable and normal to talk about someone&#8217;s butt, and in many cases, how big it is.<\/p>\n<p>The first time someone in Italy said the above to me, I was at a momentary loss for words. I wasn&#8217;t sure how to respond because I had no idea what they had meant. You see, I do have a big butt.  I&#8217;ve received a few remarks (good\/bad) in the past and it doesn&#8217;t really bother me. But, with the way Italians easily talk about the weight and figures of others, I was ready for any explanation or even to hear their advice about getting a figure pi<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Not for the easily offended, but a great online Pinball advergame for Beer League (NSFW &#8211; need headphones) Snickers Satisfies &#8211; now daily! Every day they will have a different game, flash or something to keep you occupied. It&#8217;s an interesting idea with a lot of upkeep! Che culo hai!! What a butt you have!&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.msadventuresinitaly.com\/blog\/2006\/06\/21\/the-bigger-the-butt-the-better\/\">Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-171","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-italy","category-italian-language","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4uB1-2L","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":170,"url":"https:\/\/www.msadventuresinitaly.com\/blog\/2006\/06\/19\/watching-the-game-in-piazza-duomo-milan\/","url_meta":{"origin":171,"position":0},"title":"Watching the game in Piazza Duomo, Milan","author":"Sara, Ms Adventures in Italy","date":"June 19, 2006","format":false,"excerpt":"Create your own Picasso masterpiece onlinePut your Etch-a-Sketch skills to the test with the online versionCan you feel the excitement at the beginning of the game? 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