Why Italian Fathers and Grandfathers pass their
handguns down through the family
An old Italian Mafia Don is dying. He calls his grandson to his bedside.
"Guido, I wanna you lissina me. I wanna you to take-a my chrome plated .38
revolver so you will always
remember me."
"But grandpa, I really don't like guns. How about you leave me your Rolex
watch instead ?"
"You lissina me, boy. Somma day you gonna be runna da business, you gonna
have a beautiful wife, lotsa
money, a big-a home and maybe a couple of bambinos."
"Somma day you gonna come-a home and maybe finda you wife inna bed with
another man. Whatta you gonna do then? Pointa to you watch and say,
'Time's
Up' ?"