Offensive Italians at the Oktoberfest

It's not beyond the bounds of possibility many of those in the camper vans are the Italian Police!

Those italians give us all a bad name.

On this particular weekend I'd rather wear a Union Jack around my shoulders and sing Swing Low Sweet fucking Chariot at the top of my voice with an occasional break for an off-key rendition of I've Got A Lovely Bunch of Coconuts.

@ Pas

found this link outlining general safety tips for girls and women at the Fest.

I played hookie from work yesterday and decided to go shopping at Marienplatz instead. While buying flowers at one of the stands with my girlfriends, an older fella started yelling at the top of his lungs, "I hate Italians! I hate Italy! I left Italy and now they're here!" He said this in English, German, and Italian, all the while walking in circles in the center.

It was startling and funny at the same time because he seemed to be Italian (according to some bystanders), and no one around us saw or heard anything that would have set him off.

On a lighter note, my husband and I ran into a friendly bunch of Italian men while at our friend's bar; one of them was in a wheel chair who also happened to be the funniest and most charming of all of them. They were loud, but not at all rude.

Radio Gong are doing their 'Loser Hotline' again this year. Just give out the number 0176 8802 5027 to amourous admirers and the best calls get played on air the next day.

http://www.radiogong.de/artikel/wiesn-2008/

I thought it was you I saw the other night. The face paint was a nice touch, but insufficiently incognito.

Ahhh to be sure Keydeck's often so outfitted during the Six Nations tournament.

Now that is scary

I am Italian,and I live in munich since September 2007.I agree,sometimes Italian are offensive and loud,but I think you can't generalised.
Do you know that German people consider the Hofbrauhaus Zelt the most dangerous because of English,american and australian people??
Do you know that Every Human being when get drunk is unpolite and offensive?

Maybe before thinking about Italian people you could think also about yourselves!

Bullshit.

Maybe before posting you should read the thread. There are even Italians posting in complete agreement that there is a specific problem with Italians at the Oktoberfest.

You've been here since September '07 you say. So how much actual experience do you have of this particular weekend?

Hi:

Not just for girls, even for guys. Last 2 years we have had trouble with racist Italians at the Oktoberfest. They start of by talking nicely and friendly to you, and slowly when the beer effect picks up, show their racist colours. Me and my friends almost got into a scuffle with a few italians last year, before we were dragged away by some Swiss / Germans.

So "Auslaenders"...be careful

Cheers

i think people who don't live in Bavaria/Munich are to avoided after a certain alcohol intake. they just can't behave. *wearing my bavarian hat here*

i don't get unpolite or offensive when i am drunk - i guess i never get drunk enough then.

p.s. met some nice romans on wednesday night, they were kind of cute, only spoke italian so boundaries were signalled by eyes. it worked.

I cannot go in the Hoffbrau tent without Australians pulling at my girlfriend's knickers.
I would like to let some sheep loose in that tent and get all the action on film.
I bet the Ozzies would all be lining up with their trousers around their ankles.

I'm a lovely drunk. All the kind and charming tendencies that I suppress when I'm sober come flooding out uninhibited.

You, my dear, are just a child still, and you should really learn not to generalise against drunk people. AND not to take the internet so seriously. People who live in Munich think that the hordes of happy-handed fucktards streaming northwards for the Wiesn should overwhelmingly be channeled into a deep pit. It doesn't mean we don't like you.