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Hemingway haunt gives discounts to "poor Americans"
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| Contributor | The Oncoming Storm |
| Last Edited | The Oncoming Storm Apr 07, 2008 11:30am |
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| Media | Website - Yahoo News |
| News Date | Monday, April 7, 2008 05:30:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | ROME (Reuters) - Harry's Bar, the famed Venice watering hole where Ernest Hemingway held court over hearty food and stiff martinis, is offering a discount to "poor" Americans suffering from a weak dollar and subprime blues.
A sign posted outside the restaurant at the weekend reads:
"Harry's Bar of Venice, in an effort to make the American victims of subprime loans happier, has decided to give them a special 20 percent discount on all items of the menu during the short term of their recovery."
When the euro was introduced as the continent's common currency in 2002, a dollar bought about 1.10 euros. Today it gets about 64 euro cents, making prices seem astronomically high for most Americans. |
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