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Doug
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posted 06 January 2006 12:22 AM      Profile for Doug   Author's Homepage     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
This story is really heart-warming - and it makes me hungry.

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AFTER a five-year battle, the fast-food giant McDonald’s has retreated from a southern Italian town, defeated by the sheer wholesomeness of a local baker’s bread.

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,13509-1972421,00.html

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Reason
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posted 06 January 2006 03:03 AM      Profile for Reason   Author's Homepage     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
quote:
Originally posted by Doug:
This story is really heart-warming - and it makes me hungry.

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,13509-1972421,00.html

Hmmmm, panni! I love fresh baked bread.

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lagatta
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posted 06 January 2006 03:35 AM      Profile for lagatta     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
I love this story - had read it in Italian papers and on the Libération site - thanks for finding an English version.
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Fidel
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posted 06 January 2006 04:10 AM      Profile for Fidel     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
[Beavis?Butthead]Oh God, Italian food... hahuh huh huh-huh-huh[/BB] That was me actually - that little kid in the commercials running home for some Chef Boyardee ravioli. Seriously. Mama mia!. Pasta avec tomato sauce, vino and crusty bread are almost as good as sex.

Then again, Martin, a "Tight Max" with syrup slides down well with sausages and beer for breakfast, ya ?. ha ha I'm famished all of a sudden.

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MartinArendt
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posted 06 January 2006 04:11 AM      Profile for MartinArendt     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
Mmmmmmm.....fresh Italian bread...mmmm.....drool.
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Mr. Magoo
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posted 06 January 2006 10:17 AM      Profile for Mr. Magoo   Author's Homepage     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
Sounds like they won fair and square.

If anyone wants to drive McDonalds out of downtown with some truly superior panini, I'm down with that.

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