Reisen > Do Gondolas Dream of Electric Sheep?

I first saw them coming down from the sky and I thought they were marvelous... little did I know...

Next morning I asked one of them: "What are you?" One of them responded: "Gondola - from Italian (Venetian dialect), from Medieval Latin gondula, perhaps ultimately from Greek kondu drinking vessel" Enough said-nuff said-take your pick-I stopped asking.