ARE YOU FINISH?

A VIRILE, YOUNG ITALIAN SOLDIER

WAS RELAXING AT HIS

FAVOURITE BAR IN ROME,

WHEN HE MANAGED TO ATTRACT

A SPECTACULAR SCANDINAVIAN-LOOKING

YOUNG BLONDE.

THINGS PROGRESSED TO THE POINT

WHERE HE INVITED HER BACK

TO HIS APARTMENT

AND AFTER SOME SMALL TALK,

THEY MADE LOVE.

AFTER A PLEASANT INTERLUDE,

HE ASKED WITH A SMILE,

"SO... YOU FINISH?" 

SHE PAUSED FOR A SECOND,

FROWNED, AND REPLIED,

"NO." 

SURPRISED, THE YOUNG MAN

REACHED OUT FOR HER AND

THE LOVE MAKING RESUMED.

THIS TIME SHE THRASHES ABOUT

WILDLY AND THERE WERE

SCREAMS OF PASSION.

THE LOVE MAKING ENDS

AND AGAIN, THE YOUNG MAN SMILES,

AND ASKS,

"OK, NOW YOU FINISH?" 

AND ONCE AGAIN,

AFTER A SHORT PAUSE, S

HE RETURNS HIS SMILE,

CUDDLES CLOSER TO HIM

AND SOFTLY PURRS,

"NO." 

STUNNED, BUT DAMNED IF THIS WOMAN

IS GOING TO OUTLAST HIM,

THE YOUNG MAN REACHES

FOR THE WOMAN.

USING THE LAST OF HIS STRENGTH,

HE BARELY MANAGES IT,

BUT THEY CLIMAX SIMULTANEOUSLY,

SCREAMING, BUCKING, CLAWING

AND RIPPING BED SHEETS.

THE EXHAUSTED MAN

FALLS ONTO HIS BACK,

GASPING. BARELY ABLE

TO TURN HIS HEAD,

HE LOOKS INTO HER EYES,

SMILING PROUDLY

AND SAYS,

"NOW YOU FINISH!" 

"NO!"

SHE SHOUTS BACK,

"I SWEDISH!"