this is what I did at work today

Jan 21, 2011 18:37

So there was a huge mafia crackdown the other day. The Department of Justice put up the FBI reports on their web site, so I've been reading through them mostly because they list the hilarious nicknames a lot of the mobsters went by.

MY FAVORITES:

Jack the Whack
Vinny Carwash
Baby Shacks
Tony Bagels

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megkips January 21 2011, 23:39:38 UTC
I like how with us, it isn't the mafia that's important, it's the ridiculous nicknames.

Meg Squelch, because squelch is a good word.

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pinstripesuit January 21 2011, 23:41:57 UTC
It's also something amusing to find in this horrible story. Well, it's good that they all got arrested, but it's bad that these people still exist. I only like fictional mobsters.

Meg Squelch

I shall call you Squelches then.

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megkips January 21 2011, 23:43:11 UTC
Unfortunately if we didn't have the real ones, the fictional ones wouldn't get to exist.

For the record it's raspberry jam. Nothing else.

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virusq January 22 2011, 00:12:58 UTC
Missy Tweets?
Meli Howl?
I don't know... Mel "the Doozie" sounds kinda cool...

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pinstripesuit January 22 2011, 00:21:47 UTC
"The Doozie" is excellent.

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swordage January 22 2011, 01:19:59 UTC
My first name doesn't have a nickname. :( It is one of the great sorrows of my life.

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mithrigil January 22 2011, 01:20:16 UTC
Ricky the Valkyrie.

Just sayin'.

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pinstripesuit January 22 2011, 01:24:08 UTC
I love that one

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megkips January 22 2011, 01:47:39 UTC
That is actually quite terrifying.

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megkips January 22 2011, 01:48:06 UTC
And I thought the BBC was the TV Tropes of news sites.

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