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REAL LIFE NEWS: ITALIANS TURN WATER INTO WINE

by Hazed

The next sense is taste, as dozens of Italian homes suddenly discovered wine flowing out of their taps recently, the lucky people.

It happened in Marino, south of Rome, during a grape festival. At the town's famous Sagra dell-Uva the highlight is the moment when sparkling white wine flows from the fountains in the main square. "Every year, during the Grape Festival, we interrupt the water supply to the main fountains in the town center and we channel wine into them instead to re-evoke a famous victory*," the Mayor, Adriano Palozzi, explained. "But this year, due to a technical error, instead of connecting wine to the fountains, we accidentally channelled it into some local homes.

"Apparently the people living around the square who got the wine coming out of their taps were very surprised, they thought that it might be some kind of present from the local council! It only lasted three minutes, we corrected it straight away."

About ten to twelve houses were affected - as well as the main bar on the town square. How appropriate!

* What famous victory is that, then? I'm glad you asked. Apparently, the festival commemorates the return of Admiral Marcantonio Colonna to his home in Marino after his victory over the Turks at the Battle of Lepanto in October 1571, together with the safe return of more than 250 sailors from the town who were sent to the battle.

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