The Daily Ablution links to Italians play gay to avoid army service, which reveals what the authorities no doubt think is a clever way to figure out who's gay.

Italian military conscripts have to undergo an attitude test in which they are asked such searching questions as: "do you like flowers", "do you like women" and "have you ever felt yourself attracted to members of your own sex".

Actually, I like women and flowers. As a matter of fact, I sowed about 50 Gloxinia July 13, and they germinated August 3. A couple dozen are still growing; they seem to have started to grow a little faster in the past few weeks.