Italians cheering bloke on balcony again
by Nathan Cowley 2 years ago 
History has repeated itself after a crowd of cheering Italians gathered in Rome to cheer a bloke on a balcony.
The recovering Pope Francis appeared on his balcony at Gemelli hospital in Rome yesterday, where he was greeted by hundreds of his devoted followers cheering below.
“It wasn’t quite Mussolini, but I thought the Pope did a pretty good job,” said Rome local Simone Guglielmo.
“I don’t know what it is, there’s just something about seeing a bloke on a balcony that gets us all excited.
“You name it. If it’s on a balcony, we’ll cheer it. Mussolini, the Pope, Francesco Totti. Hell, we’d even cheer a Hawaiian pizza if it was wheeled out onto the balcony.
“Don’t get us wrong. Obviously we’re not comparing Pope Francis to Benito Mussolini. But you’ve gotta give it to him, even though he was a fascist dictator, his balcony game was on point. No one could rock a Juliet like that man.
“Just thinking about balconies is making me all tingly inside. Admit it, when you walk into a hotel room and realise it’s got a balcony it’s all you can talk about. I don’t care what anyone says. A hotel room with a surprise balcony is better than sex.”
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