This list was created while in Verona, after MANY birra!

Top 20 excuses that Tazzy is giving Jack for not coming home:

20. A descendent of Don Corleone made me an offer that I couldn't
refuse.


19. Wasn't allowed to board the plane due to my uncanny resemblance to
Sudam Hussein.


18. Too busy deciphering latin inscriptions.

17. Yodeling lessons went longer than I had planned.

16. Delta is bankrupt and there are no planes back to the states.

15. Decided to become a priest.

14. Decided to become a nun.

13. Met an Arnold Schwartzenager look-alike.

12. Have a hang nail on my toe and can't travel.

11. One word - weiner schnitzel.

10. The Italian flag is much more colorful.

9. Non parlo inglese.

8. Can't find any place to exchange my euros.

7. Gelato - it's really fat free!

6. I fell down the Veronese equivalent of the Spanish steps and
dislocated my hip.

5. The war broke out and I was afraid to travel.

4. Carlo Ponti is not dead after all...and he asked me to spend the
weekend on the Amalfi coast.

3. Sophia Loren's double got sick and I had to fill in.


2. Jack, it's ONLY July 5th.

1. Because I don't want to, damn it!