Re: d_i11 - Author's note: You might say that the Italian 'weakness' is actually the national secret wisdom. After WWII ended, German troops captured by Yugoslavian partisans were too stubborn to yield even after prolonged torture, which made their Serbian captors even madder. Italian troops, on the other hand, wept and begged for mercy in a few minutes, which spared them the torture. Or so the story goes! Another version: An Italian soldier was captured, bound, and tortured. But no matter what was done to him, he never said a word. Exasperated, his captors finally unbounded him and the soldier, at once, began gesturing wildly and speaking like a machine gun. It was then that the captors realized: "Wait, so this guy can't speak unless he's gesturing!"
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