final post before vacation...

Prodi has claimed victory! Viva il Mortadellone! (the big mortadella, aka bologna). So the coglioni have won after all. After Berlusconi used that ugly word (coglioni) to insult the leftwing voters, they proudly coopted the insult to proclaim their allegiance to Prodi. "I too am a dickhead" (roughly translated).

But there are still votes to count - things may turn ugly.