Friday, March 14, 2008

Straight from the Headlines, #2

This is fantastic . . . "Straight from the headlines":

"Palermo: He doesn't fit in the cell; they'll have to set him free.

Too fat to enter the bathroom of his cell, and accused of belonging to a [Mafia] clan allied with Salvatore and Sandro Lo Piccolo [ironically: "the Little"]. For this reason, Salvatore Ferranti, 36 years years old and 463 pounds, will be remanded to house arrest. The decision was reached after an odyssey around all the Italian prisons: none had doors big enough to let Ferranti pass through."

I don't even think it needs a comment.

And yet - naturally - I have one: Have you ever noticed that Mobsters are necessarily obese? Just for fun, I Googled "Mafia," and on the first page of images, I found this champ:



It's not "the guy" in question - in fact, I think this arse belongs to a New Yorker - but nonetheless I'm certain it merits a place on this blog.

Healthy Mediterranean Diet, anyone?

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