Friday, August 03, 2007

Something Ambrosian


See the Holy Whapping for an explanation

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

Fantastic.
You have to hand it to the Italians. They do know how to put on visual spectacles. Top marks.

Dr. Peter H. Wright said...

Oh, good heavens.

Spectacular, yes.
But isn't there a danger of setting the place on fire ?
And what about smoke blackening ?

Anonymous said...

i always my sons might do something like that when lightiong the very tall candles with the bamboo cane & taper!

gemoftheocean said...

This is the coolest photo. As an inhabitant of Southern California, I cringe seeing a blaze this large, particularly inside a building - but this takes the cake. I love Italian Flash. [I don't think you'd see the French do something like this...] But the Italians have STYLE. It is SO totally Bitchin' [the supreme accolade in my day.]

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