Originally posted by GrayHam:
The Oompa Loompas are doing that on purpose, right?

Parody, right?
They're making fun of others intentionally, right?

Oh god, tell me those assholes aren't serious . . .

Originally posted by pluvo:

Originally posted by MBFlyerfan:

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Originally posted by GrayHam:
[b]The Oompa Loompas are doing that on purpose, right?

Parody, right?
They're making fun of others intentionally, right?

Oh god, tell me those assholes aren't serious . . .

Come to Philadelphia, you can see them in their natural habitat.[/b]

Originally posted by ChefTyler:

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Originally posted by MBFlyerfan:
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Originally posted by GrayHam:
[b]The Oompa Loompas are doing that on purpose, right?

Parody, right?
They're making fun of others intentionally, right?

Oh god, tell me those assholes aren't serious . . .

Come to Philadelphia, you can see them in their natural habitat.[/b]

Didn't see any of those gems while I was in Philly last month, but I sure did see a few when we went to Atlantic City...holy crap they made me laugh [/b]

Originally posted by MBFlyerfan:

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Originally posted by GrayHam:
[b]The Oompa Loompas are doing that on purpose, right?

Parody, right?
They're making fun of others intentionally, right?

Oh god, tell me those assholes aren't serious . . .

Come to Philadelphia, you can see them in their natural habitat.[/b]

Originally posted by Ebeauchea:

Those pictures are Staten Island in a nut shell. I never understood the lip curl either but I guess it makes them look tough.

these days most "guidos" are not Italian. I'd say maybe one out of every 10 stereotypical "guidos" is of Italian-American descent. The rest are Albanian, Russian, Persian, and whatever else.

After Fonzie I'd say the torch was passed to the Vinnie Barbarino character from Welcome Back, Kotter who John Travolta would somewhat reprise and perfect in Saturday Night Fever as the legendary Tony Manero. And I'd say Tony Manero was the last of the true guidos.

Saturday Night Fever put a period on the 70's disco era, it also laid out the blueprint for the true late 70's into 1980's guido. This was when guidos were still actually Italian, unlike today. Then it was the wife beater, gold chains, chest hair, pompadours, Camaros, etc. Some had leather jackets, unbuttoned dress shirts with white tank underneath, and dress suits. Oh, and they all still lived with their parents. That's key. This is when being guido still meant something, like being punk, it stood for something, it had depth and meaning and rules.

Sweat and tracksuits would come later when the guidos started emulating their mafia heroes. I've never met an actual gangster I'd consider a guido. Gangsters are not guidos and guidos are not gangsters, though they very much wish they were.

I guess the evolution of the guido is rather short for we're just about ready for the modern day guido. The tracksuits, the white sneakers, the headbands, the awful lobster tanning salon tan, the wolverine hair, etc.

I never realised this phenomenon until a good friend of mine from Atlanta moved to Brooklyn. He had never seen a guido before! We tried to tell him about them but he just didn't understand.

Carmine, John and Frank come together like a pop-culture Voltron to form a three headed modern day Fonzarelli-Barbarino-Manero, the blueprint for the modern day double parked outside Pazzo's guido.

Originally posted by Ebeauchea:
Those pictures are Staten Island in a nut shell. I never understood the lip curl either but I guess it makes them look like they can suck a mean dick.

Originally posted by NY Madman:

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Originally posted by Ebeauchea:

[b]Those pictures are Staten Island in a nut shell. I never understood the lip curl either but I guess it makes them look tough.

Tell me about it.

There are more guido's here per square yard than any place in the world. Especially the south shore.[/b]

Originally posted by Ebeauchea:

I lived in Rossville (2 min north of Tottenville) for a year. I hated that year of my life more than anything.

Originally posted by MBFlyerfan:

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Originally posted by GrayHam:
[b]The Oompa Loompas are doing that on purpose, right?

Parody, right?
They're making fun of others intentionally, right?

Oh god, tell me those assholes aren't serious . . .

Come to Philadelphia, you can see them in their natural habitat.[/b]