75 members to go!

:-Y I say unknown, would you mind running that past me again, I’m afraid I’m not getting the gist of your question at all :noreally: and Titters doesn’t appear to be about, not that it would make the slightest difference if he was, for he’s useless in these situations :rolleyes:

No, make that totally useless, period :gulp:

Hey unknown,

You are already a member and don’t need to sign up for anything else. Nothing will change for you.

So whats the story?

Yeah, inquiring minds want to know.

It’s simple we needed to make room for someone so someone got the boot that was never active.

Wow. bcorsello must be an important fello. :D

Nobody got booted. I deleted one of my test accounts, which dropped vaseline down to 39,999, so I could add the new guy. Yes, he is an important fellow.

It was me. I forgive you Boss. I know you meant to get xl and I got it in the crossfire.

Profile: Silvio Berlusconi (aka bcorsello)


Mr Berlusconi seized his chance to enter politics in 1993
Silvio Berlusconi is Italy’s richest man whose reach is hard to escape.
An Italian can spend a Saturday shopping at his local supermarket, relaxing in his home, reading a paper, before flicking through a few TV channels to watch AC Milan play football, and all these services may have been provided by his prime minister.

For Mr Berlusconi is the head of a vast business empire spanning newspapers, TV and radio, film, football, advertising, insurance, food and construction.

For some Italians, Mr Berlusconi’s success as a business tycoon is evidence of his capabilities - a reason why he should run the country.

But his business involvements have caused a series of legal problems which have tarnished his image.

He faces charges of bribing judges, in a trial in Milan.

This was halted in June by the introduction of controversial immunity laws, but is now expected to resume after Italy’s top court annulled the law.

Warming-up

Born on 29 September, 1936 into a lower-class Milan family, Mr Berlusconi started honing his business skills at a young age.

He used his charm to sell everything from vacuum cleaners to university essays during his youth, activities complemented by stints as a nightclub singer.

This was just the warm-up.

Only I can turn this country around

Silvio Berlusconi
In 1961, he graduated in law and started his business career in earnest, borrowing from the bank where his father worked to set up his first company, Edilnord.

With Edilnord, a construction company, Mr Berlusconi established himself as a residential housing developer around his native Milan.

Milano 2, comprising nearly 4,000 tasteful flats in a garden setting, was built on the city’s eastern outskirts in the late 1960s.

Not content with providing the residents solely with housing, 10 years later he launched a local cable-television - Telemilano - a project which would grow and grow until the Berlusconi family firm controlled three commercial TV channels.

As the media empire - which now also includes Italy’s largest publishing house Mondadori and the leading daily newspaper Il Giornale - was being built, Mr Berlusconi’s company Fininvest had taken nearly 150 other companies under its umbrella.

But despite having friends in the government, Mr Berlusconi had not himself made any moves to enter the political fray.

Enter stage right

All that changed in 1993, when Mr Berlusconi founded his own political party, Forza Italia - Go Italy - named after a chant used by fans of the AC Milan football club - which he also owns.

He saw his chance as judges in Milan purged the country’s old political class in “Operation Clean Hands”, aimed at eliminating the corruption which had tainted public life.

In 1994, Mr Berlusconi became prime minister, forming a coalition with the right-wing National Alliance and Northern League.

But rivalries between the three leaders, coupled with Mr Berlusconi’s indictment for tax fraud by a Milan court, led to the collapse of the government just seven months later.

As ever, Mr Berlusconi refused to be deterred and spent the next few years re-organising his party.

By 2001, he was back on the throne, in coalition once more with his former partners.

Immunity

But accusations have continued to dog him.

The corruption trial involves claims that he tried to bribe judges to stop a business rival taking over state-owned food group SME in the 1980s.

He describes the charge as “fantasy” and says he is the victim of a political campaign by left-wing judges.

Mr Berlusconi has also been embarrassed by the conviction in April of his former personal lawyer, Cesare Previti, for bribing a judge during a takeover battle to favour his Fininvest company.

Over the past two years, many Italians have tolerated, and even admired, some of the more tycoon-like aspects of their leader.

But as many as two-thirds of the electorate were against the immunity law, under which Mr Berlusconi was exempted from trial while he remained in office.

And now that the Constitutional Court has thrown it out, Mr Berlusconi’s battles with the judges look set to continue

In the latest scandal to hit his long career there are rumours of bribery and corruption allowing Mr.B into a secret and closed society dedicated to world domination through penis enlargement. Mr. B denies all the rumours categorically and says he has never even heard of Thunders Place.

Wow! For real? :buttrock:

I may add that I’m also a powerful member of society. :cutlass:

Wrong bcorsello mbuc. :)

I think it’s been done to honour a very special person.

No folks it’s not me! (Much as I deserve the honour)

But (say no more). Time will tell….

Phantom Tit

No Tit, it’s definitely not you :noreally: . Sometimes I despair for you lot, I really do :rolleyes: , Tit excepted (he would be more of an all the time), it’s so obvious who it is, it’s the real Robin Williams of course! :spin2:

Naturally, I’ll be doing all my hanging around, with him from now on :rear: , so just back off everyone!

Now then Robin :star: , what would you like me to help you with?

Another job done :gulp:

:-k H’mmm. Pushy as ever :rolleyes:

We already have Robin Williams, that’s Mr Happy. The new guy is Arnold Schwarzenegger, a veteran hanger.

Conan O’Brian may be joining soon also, he plans on getting huge and then whipping it out for a New Years Special.