Quote from: The Bacon Junkie on January 19, 2012, 12:24:46 PM


Only way to make that story better is, if it were a mime instead of a greaser...   

it was luck of the draw,

had they been jocks or motor-heads... I think the results would have been similar to those I witnessed,,,

preppies would have lodged formal complaints with the Zoo office and demanded that their dry-cleaning bills be paid,

nerds would have blown the cage up from afar in the dead of night,

druggies would have been tossing LSD laced banana's over the top so they could party

and I have no doubt .....that any variable combination of the above

had already played out months or years before I came along

My vote would be for the little Italian Mafioso whipping out his "little friend" and swiss cheesing all those damn primates!

Quote from: rgramjet on January 19, 2012, 02:09:19 PM
My vote would be for the little Italian Mafioso whipping out his "little friend" and swiss cheesing all those damn primates!

can't really say if he was Eye-talian or not...

in NY "greaser" was a term used more to describe a contemporary social sub-culture group/style than any particular ethnicity/nationality...

think of SE Hinton's "The Outsiders" and/or James Dean "Rebel Without A Cause" ....disaffected and or disenfranchised working class youths

The etymology of the term "greaser" is likely rooted in late 19th century/early 20th century NYC Irish Cop lingo along with "greaseball"...

since by then the Irish in NY had matriculated into law enforcement and they were great for short-hand terms to describe suspects and perps

The Irish who weren't digging the subway tunnels or falling off the high-iron while building skyscrapers or bridges

had formed into a rather unpleasant Uniformed welcoming committee to those newly arrived off Ellis Island from Italy

a good friend who grew up in a Brooklyn Italian family used to delight me with tales and quotes from his Old World grandmother

who would carry on for hours about the dangers of the Irish cops and their Paddy Wagons and Paddy Whackers...

"Paddy" of course being the derogatory slang for Patrick hence Irish

NYC was also called Tiny Town....because while it was massive

it was in fact comprised of hundreds of little blocks and areas of distinct ethnic enclaves "tiny towns"

Neighborhood ethnicity is less distinct and in many cases extinct as the city ages,

as is the case with most American tier one cities

But it was never really the melting pot as much as it was a stew

 

The Italian Mafioso I refer to is the dude that punched out the mime in a previous Ratt tale.  Think Luca Brasi or some other Enforcer type.


Didn't mean to mix up the characters from your stories, but....................THE BACON JUNKIE STARTED IT!

Quote from: rgramjet on January 20, 2012, 02:06:08 AM


The Italian Mafioso I refer to is the dude that punched out the mime in a previous Ratt tale.  Think Luca Brasi or some other Enforcer type.


Didn't mean to mix up the characters from your stories, but....................THE BACON JUNKIE STARTED IT!

As always, RAT...

Your tales and unique take on history never fail to amuse...   

^ what the Junkie said 

"the make the beast with two backsing monkey started it"  

 

Again.

Just reread this one

Made my day!

Rat had the touch (or was "touched" ) and had a great ability to turn my shitty day into gut busting, day saving laugh-a-thon. He is truly missed around here but thankfully his posts, stories and threads live on. My two favs will always be the mime story and the primate scene at the park. Works of art.

Rat's way with words is unmatched...

Miss his stories.   

^^^ Yup.

make the beast with two backs.

I miss RAT900.