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The Song Challenge:   Coffee Bar Sparks Caffeine-Condom Rush: ROME (Reuters) - This Challenge! is from the "One And Only Five Minutes Flat" Amos, and is guaranteed to bring a smile to the faces of all coffee lovers . . . Italian espresso is supposed to give the drinker a lift, but it seems to be making some decidedly frisky. A coffee bar in the Italian beach resort of Sperlonga has taken to handing out free condoms with every cup it sells. 'It's a bit of fun, but also to make sure people protect themselves, the owner of the bar, The Pirate, told the newspaper Corriere della Sera, adding that a lot more young people had started drinking his coffee. More than 150 people a day have been whisking the condoms into their back pockets or handbags, according to the owner, but Sunday is apparently the busiest day of all. 'Who knows what they get up to,' he said.

The Sperlonga Cafe by mousethief

Well I am an old guitarist
From up Seattle way
I took a trip to bell' Italia
One fine summer day
Now I've played the mandolin before,
And the recorder, and the conga,
But I've never played the organ
Like they play it in Sperlonga!

The ol' coffee shop
You've just got to stop
And catch every drop
of that brew
They'll give you a present
You may find it pleasant
To see what that present
Can do! 

Well I stayed there in Sperlonga
About a week or more
And every day I went downtown
To that espresso store
I learned to play that organ
Like I was playing for my life
I played so well I brought me back
A sweet Italian wife! 

(Repeat chorus)

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