Put Away the Prayer Candles: Berlusconi is OK
By: Martha | November 27th, 2006
I don’t know about you, but when I heard that ex-Italian Prime Minster (and, more importantly, Milan president) Silvio Berlusconi had been hospitalized, I was seized with concern for the continued smooth functioning of football in Italy. After all, the man pretty much rules the world and, despite his youthful appearance (thank you, face-lifts and hair plugs), is 70 years old. What would calcio do without him?
Luckily, we won’t find out for a while — turns out it was a simple fainting spell (due, it appears, to stress and the evil power of antibiotics) and, after having his legs elevated and eating a bit of sugar, Berlusconi is feeling fine and dandy. That said he remains in the intensive-care ward, undergoing the sort of extensive test to which only rich old men are subject. (Your dad with the same symptoms? Sent home and told to stop acting like such a damn baby.)
The best thing about the story, though, is the fact that the moment he regained consciousness, Berlusconi pretended to mistake the generously bearded doctor who was helping him for Osama bin Laden. Low blood pressure, stress and even “excessive” sweating can’t keep this man from making a funny!
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