This morning I broke the golden rule of not making jokes about carrying automatic weapons with border control staff.
I rode to work as usual on my C1 scooter but this time with a violin strapped across my chest. It looks quite amazing because the C1 has to be ridden using 2 seatbelts or it won’t work. So the violin is really strapped across one’s chest rambo/mafiosi style.
Fotios took this quick shot with his PDA.
The conversation with the 2 JRC security guards went something like this. (JRC is actually a different country as far as Italy is concerned and has its own customs point. It is also a nuclear establishment so you have to pass a fancy looking checkpoint to get in.)
Guard 1: Smirk -“What’s that – a rifle?”
Me:”No actually, it’s a machine gun – is that OK?”
Guard 1:”Yes no problem” – Giggle
Guard 2:”What are you, a mafiosi?”
Me:”Yes that’s right, I’m just going to massacre a few people – OK?”
Guard 1: “Fine (va bene)” -without checking contents waves me on