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Italian former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has won an appeal against his conviction for paying for sex with an underage prostitute.
He told the Judges "Witha thesea looks, youa really believe I paya for the bunga-bunga?"
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He should have told them that getting blowjobs is not having sex... 
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Mama mia, Pizza, spaghetti, maccaroni bunga bunga !
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Umm, I can say nothing. 
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And indeed, you did... 
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952)
Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
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strangely I was talking to an Italian neighbour she was of the opinion that the entire political system in Italy was going to fall apart if he was persuaded to name names...(made the House of Commons seem the most upstanding & honest in Europe????)
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The hour glass traffic light and the folding shoe seem to be the most useful...
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Traffic lights with time-indicators already exist, but they look less cool. I've seen two variants, one with a ring of white LEDs that light up one by one, and one with a digital LED clock that counts down the number of seconds until the light changes.
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I've seen some in China rather similar to the one in the pic. They have a light like a vertical bar graph that reduces in height as the change time approaches.
Phil
The opinions expressed in this post are not necessarily those of the author, especially if you find them impolite, inaccurate or inflammatory.
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Hour glass traffic light is the best thing I've seen all week!
Regards,
Rob Philpott.
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Not hourglasses, but in Hungariaorszag they've had countdowns on traffic lights for quite some time. The first ones I can think of where in Veszprém and have been their maybe 6 or 7 years.
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isn't there the danger that drivers race to squeeze through before they change red, though?
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How exactly would that be different than from today? 
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, waging all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
--Zachris Topelius
Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies.
-- Sarah Hoyt
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I think it's the difference between 'you have an unknown amount of time' and 'you have this amount of time' to get through the light.
when the amount is unknown (and variable) I would think it more likely that drivers would err on the side of caution and slow down.
perhaps 'm wrong, but I feel that given a countdown to Red, people may think they have time and 'go for it'
(By 'people' I mean all the otehr drivers, obviously, not me - I am the perfect driver!)
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Agreed.
Around Chicago (and probably many cities) they have countdown timers on some of the pedestrian walk / don't walk signals. Invariably approaching pedestrians start to trot (or run) when it gets close and end up causing more problems than not.
Government is not reason; it is not eloquent; it is force. Like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master. ~ George Washington
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I believe the answer is to combine countdown traffic lights with severe sentencing for going through a red light. i.e. no fines, but jail terms, or death by suffocation.
With a countdown timer there'd be no excuse.
PooperPig - Coming Soon
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In my experience, pedestrians treat traffic lights as a useful tool to 0) press a button to stop cars, and 1) get an indication that it's definitely safe. Red just means "look both ways before crossing".
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It just makes sense.
There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.
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Indeed! Some cool stuff, some stuff that exists.
But yeah the traffic lights are the best 
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While everyone are impressed with hourglass traffic light it is the worst idea listed. I mean good luck with all those color blind drivers and pedestrian.
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Perhaps we should make it illegal to be color blind? 
There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.
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Well you got that Point!
But what about a Traffic light hourglass that consists of green yellow and red. Every part is its "own" as green pours into yellow into red? 
edit: them typos!
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I like the Nightlight with Portable Glowing Orbs, seems like it might be useful for an old codger like me at night.
As I grow older I've found that pleasing everyone is impossible but pissing everyone off is a piece of cake.
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Rubbish! Use the bloody light switch and them young buggers can wake up!
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