Broken Arm Epidemic

Updates on Switzerland and Italy are forthcoming but for now, a quick one.

The first thing I noticed when I got to Rome was the odd amount of people with down's syndrome around the area I was staying.  I concluded immediately that it was The Vatican's fault.  Makes sense.  The other thing I noticed was the amount of people with broken arms/wrists/hands/fingers etc.  I saw a few the first day and thought it was weird but as the days went on I continued to see an alarming amount of people with their hand or arm in a cast or sling.  Much like the church causing mental and physical disorders in people I thought this was due to crossing the street in Rome.

Rome is a chaotic city.  Many busy crosswalks aren't controlled at all and you basically have to take your life into your hands and just step out into the street and hope all the cars come to a screeching halt before slamming into you.  It's like Italy's version of BASE jumping or something.  So I concluded, in jest, that maybe all these people had had a nasty run-in with an Italian driver.

Then I went to Florence and the phenomenon continued.  There were people with broken hands and arms everywhere!  "This is ridiculous," I thought and I kept taking notice every time I saw someone in a cast or sling.

Moving on to Venice and the problem continued.  I counted five broken arms or hands on my final day in Venice alone. 

Somthing is happening to the Italian people.  Is it some sort of super virus, causing brittle arm bones?  Perhaps genetic engineering?  Aliens???  Whatever it is, someone needs to alert the proper authorities.  I'd do it myself but if you thought I was a procrastinator before you should see me now after having been around Italians for about ten days.