nations

Yesterday somebody told me:
"how do you know if a nation is really pessimistic?
when it is twice more difficult to say 'yes' than 'no' in their language. And guess what, the only language like this is Hungarian. In Hungarian 'yes' is 'igen' , and 'no' is 'nem'...

Today the newspaper was talking about the increasing prices and how Italians are forced to decrease their expenses. Indeed, meanwhile facing this tough decision, they are buying less meet, but they are spending more money on cell phone conversations then before!
What a nation, they prefer talking to eating...