How Italians Do Business

Luigi (father): “I want you to marry a girl of my choice.”

Son: “I will choose my own bride.”

Luigi: “But the girl is Bill Gates’ daughter.”

Son: “Well, in that case, OK.”

Next Luigi approaches Bill Gates.

Luigi: “I have a husband for your daughter.”

Bill Gates: “But my daughter is too young to marry.”

Luigi: “‘But this young man is a vice-president of the World Bank.”

Bill Gates: “Ah, in that case, OK.”

Finally Luigi goes to see the president of the World Bank.

Luigi: “I have a young man to be recommended as a vice-president.”

President: “But I already have more vice- presidents than I need!”

Luigi : “But this young man is Bill Gates’ son-in-law.”

President: “Ah, in that case, OK.”

And that, my friends, is how Italians do business.