# RIP, John Gotti

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-john-gotti/113425>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [June 11, 2002, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-john-gotti/113425 "2002-06-11T12:37:39Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![ralph124c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8797f3/32.png) [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\
**Post date:** [June 12, 2002, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-john-gotti/113425/21 "2002-06-12T20:56:41Z")

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He was (apparently) a man of great high humor, who thought nothing of peeling off a roll of $5.00 bills, to give to some little league kid who had broken his bat in a game. He was also a great lover of animals, who paid the vet’s bill for a poor widow’s pet cat!  
Despite his somewhat turbulent career, he was always one to flash a smile, and brightened the days for many in his neighborhood! So, despite his darker aspect, he was a classy guy!

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**Author:** ![The\_Wrong\_Girl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b782af/32.png) [@The\_Wrong\_Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Wrong_Girl)\
**Post date:** [June 12, 2002, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-john-gotti/113425/22 "2002-06-12T21:15:12Z")

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See, is it really effective being sarcastic and tongue-in-cheek when almost nobody realizes that you are?

Or maybe he’s not being sarcastic, and I’m the one being _whooshed_ while simultaneously attempting to avoid being _whooshed_.

I need to think about this.

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**Author:** ![JohnBckWLD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d6d6ee/32.png) [@JohnBckWLD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnBckWLD)\
**Post date:** [June 12, 2002, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-john-gotti/113425/23 "2002-06-12T22:02:57Z")

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> \*Originally posted by The Wrong Girl \*  
> \*\*See, is it really effective being sarcastic and tongue-in-cheek when almost nobody realizes that you are? Or maybe he’s not being sarcastic, and I’m the one being _whooshed_ while simultaneously attempting to avoid being _whooshed_. I need to think about this. \*\*

The OP’s location is blank. Odds are about 7/1 you were being whooshed if it said Howard Beach, Queens or Bay Ridge, Brooklyn you would

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**Author:** ![The\_Wrong\_Girl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b782af/32.png) [@The\_Wrong\_Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Wrong_Girl)\
**Post date:** [June 13, 2002, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-john-gotti/113425/24 "2002-06-13T13:40:55Z")

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Oh, so he wasn’t being sarcastic?

And maybe I pissed him off?

:eek:  
: The Wrong Girl hurriedly changes her location to read “Outer Mongolia” :

Yep, that John Gotti, he was a _great_ guy!

: Runs away very quickly :

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