You may know that Sir Alex Ferguson retired this week as Manchester United manager after 26 years and 38 trophies (including Champions of Europe twice, Champions of England 13 times).
An opportunity to reflect on one of his best quotes, sharing his mistrust of Italians:
“When an Italian tells me it’s pasta on the plate I check under the sauce to make sure.”
This tune (Italian) was the theme song for the 1990 soccer World Cup (in Italy).
PS Pavarotti subsequently played a concert to 100,000 people in London’s Hyde Park. T-shirt hawker heard to shout, “Get your Big Pav t-shirts here, only a tenner.” Opera fan barks back, “Only a tenor? He’s the best voice we’ve heard in Hyde Park since Mick Jagger.”