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100 things I've learned from watching Pope of Greenwich Village...

posted 11 years ago by buddhabelly3000
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100 Movies from the 80's had some of the cheesiest scores.
99 Waiters don't own racehorses.
98 Cookie still has the Buick :(
97 There's something really funny about a guy getting kicked in the ass.
96 A little whiskey is good for the system.
95 To hide the smell of alcohol on one's breath- simply chew on an entire onion.
94 When out of work- be sure to keep up with one's shylock payments.
93 Apparently in the 80's- a man could get away with having a really bad perm haircut.
92 After several viewings, still don't find Bedbug Eddie all that menacing.
91 It's an insult to be told obvious lies.
90 Besides being slightly run down and needing a coat of paint- Charlie's dream restaurant is tip top.

[–] layton59 10 years ago

89. A few whiskey highball drinks are good for the system.

88. Scrubbing floors for the rich Park Avenue (expletive deleted) will make one arm twice as big as the other, which should help your Phoenix golf game.

87. Two corrupt NYPD police detectives can NOT push Mrs. Ritter around to search her dead son's room. (Geraldine Page was rightfully nominated for an Oscar for 8 minutes of serious screen time.)

86. Dead cops in elevator shafts leave sticky adhesive on their persons from the undercover tape recorder. Never seen that in any Hollywood movie.

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[–] mrtanner 10 years ago

85. NYC Summons Men: Be VERY careful about whose car you ticket. (See also:#72)

84. You don't need a fancy suit if you got no job to wear it to.

83. Don't buy your mozzarella from Jimmy the Cheese Man unless you like tough cheese.

82. Don't let the guy whose hand you mutilated put the sugars in your coffee.

81. NYC food vendors are selling instant hepatitis.

80. Don't get on the FDR Drive with commercial plates, thank you very much.

79. Don't forget to tip your toll booth collector (unless you just dropped thousands at the track, in which case f*%k him, what're you, Santa Claus?)

78. If you thought you'd get caught, you'd be a thousand percent wrong, but if you didn't think you'd get caught, you're not wrong.

77. Carefully follow the prescribed amount of painkillers after having your thumb amputated at the race track.

76. If you have to go behind the range because Walter the Cook is half-whacked, wear an apron so you don't blow another $80 shirt.

75. If you are desperate for money because you lost your job and a friend offers you a position as a waiter, don't thank him, kick him in the ass.

74. If someone says they have honest work for you, it's really a s*#t job. (possibly related to #75).

73. WASPs got no color because they eat white bread.

72. Horse physic ain't slow. (See also #85)

71. "Success" is defined as sitting two seats away from Tony Bennett at a Sinatra concert.

70. There is an upside if you got no job: Bill collectors can't come after you. (Shylocks, on the other hand...)

69. You will look a thousand percent cooler if "Summer Wind" is playing behind you.

68. If you recruit partners to help you rip off a guy nicknamed "the Bedbug" who has a penchant for hacking people up, you might want to give them a heads up as to whose trucking company they are robbing. Just sayin'.

[–] DightBrdf 9 years ago

67. Horses can have babies by artificial inspiration too.
66. If you walk arm in arm with your cousin long enough, he will buy you your lunch.
65. You can hide a wire this big under marinara sauce.
64. Don't get started with Johnny Mack's private stock.
63. Don't rob from the restaurant when the old man is upstairs.
62. Don't insult someone who is punching a heavy bag so close to your face.
61. If you don't have a job, department stores can't collect any money off of you.
60. Gentlemen drink a couple of Cognacs and watch the sun come up.

[–] davidqheffner 9 years ago

59.You can't keep a horse on Carmine Street.
58. If you do time upstate some big militant bagunda's gonna grab you in the shower and ram it up your ass. F*©k that sh!t.
57. Italians outgrow clothes, not people.
56. When on a robbery you need to walk in like you own the joint.
55. Bustin' open safes gives you an appetite.
54. When picking up money for Bedbug Eddie you need a clean undershirt.
53. Cops dive down elevator shafts like f@¢king gophers down a hole.
52. If in trouble with Bedbug Eddie then Paulie's uncle Pete can help you out. He's Paulie's *beep*
51. There comes a time when you got to cowboy it, challutes.
50. Let the Irish hard-ons take care of themselves.

[–] bigernmc3 8 years ago

49. The world is upside down now wise guys are 2 busy testifying against cops

[–] bigernmc3 8 years ago

48. Waiting tables is what you know making cheese is what I know let's stick with what we know here

[–] bigernmc3 8 years ago

47.STARRY HOPE is dressed like a fag partying at Fire Island

[–] bigernmc3 8 years ago

46. Never bet a horse across the board you'll Jinx the win

[–] bigernmc3 8 years ago

45. If you get caught by the bed bug he will do a bedbug number on you take the money and then worst of all you got to go be a coffee boy at the club

[–] bigernmc3 8 years ago

44. By being cousins with the Italians that's the same as twin brothers with the Irish

[–] bigernmc3 8 years ago

43.Always remember if things go well you'll be able to erase the tape in Phoenix in about a year

[–] bigernmc3 8 years ago

42. It's not poison, it's horse fizzy what they give to horses that can't *beep*
One packet will bust a block of cement
And it ain't slow!

[–] HowYaLikeDemApplesWill 8 years ago

If you're going to kick off a "100 thinks I've learned" post, try not to have 8 of them be unclever and gay...just like a heckler, if you have nothing clever to say, try not to just blather for the sake of it....

Whose idea was it for the word "Lisp" to have an "S" in it?