Things You Never Knew...

If you've ever been to Venice, you might have noticed that all the gondoliers are male. Oh, and the city stinks, but that's another story. Anyway, theres this German lady who's been campaigning for ten years to become a gondolier, and a regional court in Italy just made the Gondolier's Association accept her as their first female member.

Now, I'm a believer in women's lib and all that, and if a lady thinks she's up to a particular job then fine, go ahead. What I find disturbing about this particular newsbite is that she had failed the gondolier's qualification test three times. One suspects that if a male failed three times yet wanted to force his way in he would be subject to general ridicule, but if it happens to a woman, she goes crying to a court for help. Meh.