Friday, July 2, 2010

MY GREAT UNCLE.......(true story!)

has a yacht that he lives on with his family during the summers.......
they yacht to Sardinia, south of France, etc.....

a couple of years ago, i had occasion to spend about ten days on his boat....

the small 'boat' was equipped with a dozen or so servants,
a swimming pool,
a gym,
and two small dingies on deck.....

they were lazy days....
sailing around the coast of Italy....
eating dinner at 11pm.....
swimming with the fish in the Mediterranean sea.......

and i grew somewhat 'bored'....
restless.....

don't ask why !!
that's another topic entirely !

and in the distance, i saw a beach.....
a kind of 'grungy' looking beach....
with lots of naked Italians on it !

understand this !!

it was NOT
THE 'NAKED PEOPLE'
that i was interested in.....

there was something BOHEMIANand SIMPLE
about the pedestrian, Italian beach......

I'm not like other people.....
never was.....

i longed to escape the
 ELEGANT and OPULENT surroundings
that i had found myself trapped in !!!

WHAT CAN I SAY ??
(a prisoner in a cage made of golden bars...:}})

so i asked one of my uncle's crew members to give us a ride to the
beach in the distance.....
and to pick us up about four hours later......

and they did......

we were thrilled to pieces to have gotten a bit of freedom from the
yacht.....
we knew NOBODY.....
i can't begin to tell you how VERY COOL that was !!

i figured it was as good a time as any to TRY BEING TOPLESS.....
i mean.....who was gonna see me HERE ???
RIGHT ??

as i was reaching to take off my bathing suit top......

a JEW with a huge cigar in his mouth,

comes RUNNING OVER !!!!

he is SCREAMING and HOWLING with excitement .......

"HEY !!!!!
I KNOW YOU !!!!
I WENT TO YOUR SHUL !!!!!"

needless to say, the top stayed ON......:}}

YOU CAN RUN,  BUT YOU CAN'T HIDE !!!

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