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In Rome, 30 angry Neapolitans took the Trevi fountain by storm to decry their region's high unemployment rate. The protesters weren't kidding around. To show how serious they were, they threatened to set themselves on fire.

Tourists didn't take the situation too seriously. Paying no attention to the fuming complainers in their midst, they continued to snap pictures of each other at the landmark while the rallying Italians chanted, "Work! Work! We want work!"

The tourists' skepticism was well-founded. According to Reuters, "The protesters quickly dropped their Molotov cocktails and lighters when someone delivered their pizzas."

Waiter, please take my order!

If the Italians really want work, they ought to try topless waitering in South Africa. The Golden Warriors, a "ladies'" club in Johannesburg, offers customers bare-chested hunks in tight trousers dancing provocatively--plus a little something extra.

When ordering a tequila, first choose a waiter. Select a position for him (within reason). Sprinkle salt on any part of his body. Lick it off. Gulp down the tequila. Bite the wedge of lemon in his mouth. Rinse and repeat.

"It feels good doing it to a stranger," one young tequila drinker who apparently has some very liberal friends, commented. Check please.

Tough day at the office

In New Delhi, a man allegedly attempted to commit suicide because his wife had not finished making dinner for him when he returned from work.

When Ram Swaroop came home on the evening of Wed., Sept. 23, he was "agitated" since his meal wasn't prepared yet. So agitated that he reportedly threw his wife Reeva out of the house and locked the door. After a few silent minutes, Reeva broke down the front door and found Ram dangling from the ceiling fan, but still breathing. He was immediately rushed to the hospital where, ironically, the food is even worse and never on time.

--Compiled by Andrew Swan from the Johannesburg Mail and Guardian and the New Delhi Indian Express.

YALE INDEX
1. Double room at the Omni Hotel at Yale, two nights, in dollars	450
2. Two tickets to Yale-Holy Cross football game, in dollars	14
3. Three tickets to Whiffenpoofs' concert, in dollars	30
4. Two guest tickets for dinner at YUDH, in dollars	24
5. "Yale Mom" sweatshirt at Campus Clothing, in dollars	16.99
6. Downside Watson at Ashley's, in dollars	17.97
7. Breakfast for three at the Doodle, in dollars	12
8. Parking ticket, in dollars	10
9. Prix-fixe dinner for three at the Union League Cafe, in dollars	30
10. Blue cup at Mory's, in dollars	30
11. Quality time with your parents, in dollars	priceless
12. Cost of Parents' Weekend when the MasterCard statement comes, in dollars	744.96

—Compiled by Sharon Lin and Anne Kinderman

Sources: 1) Omni New Haven Hotel; 2) Yale Athletics Ticket Office: 3) The Yale Whiffenpoofs; 4) YUDH; 5) Campus Clothing; 6) Ashley's Ice Cream; 7) Yankee Doodle; 8) New Haven Tag Division; 9) Union League Cafe; 10) Mory's Association; 11) MasterCard; 12) Bamboo Child Number Crunchers

JULIA TIERNAN/YH CHALK IT UP: The flagstones on Old Campus turn into a billboard as student groups advertise their Parents' Weekend events.

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