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Sunriser13

(612 posts)
22. I found this interesting - found on the 'nets
Wed Mar 25, 2020, 09:04 AM
Mar 2020

But now I can't find the forum it came from...

"Il bocca chiusa, non c'entra mosca" is from an old Italian proverb and is probably the basis for the 'code of silence' instituted in the Mafia. It is basically a warning that you should keep that information you have to yourself or suffer the consequences such that you would be dead, with your mouth open and flies planting eggs,...the first place flies deposit for the decomposition of the body. I had heard several times that the Mexican Mafia was using this to warn that someone that was bragging about being connected would be dealt with. That was back in the late '50s and '60s when I heard this. It has become my favorite quote because it does convey that if you speak too much about the things you are involved with, it is no longer just your information. Something like: The only real secret is the one that only you know!

A carrier fly. n/t 5X Mar 2020 #1
Ha. SammyWinstonJack Mar 2020 #25
. . . perhaps he'll die. Ms. Toad Mar 2020 #2
I have bdamomma Mar 2020 #29
The "ending the restrictions" talk is a distraction GusBob Mar 2020 #3
Folks have got to stop JustAnotherGen Mar 2020 #4
We want to know what the doctors are saying because they don't go on shows all the uponit7771 Mar 2020 #7
IF Fauci shows up JustAnotherGen Mar 2020 #12
True cause Blix doesn't sound like she's going to be straight up with us. Fauci is still lax but uponit7771 Mar 2020 #13
I always turn them off McKim Mar 2020 #24
I have! True Blue American Mar 2020 #27
Ah, the song! MyOwnPeace Mar 2020 #5
He dropped "Chinese" because every time he said it the stock market had a marked down tick. marble falls Mar 2020 #6
"Trump. . . is not in charge here. . .The governors are in charge. . ." DinahMoeHum Mar 2020 #8
He's right JustAnotherGen Mar 2020 #14
And doing a fine job. True Blue American Mar 2020 #28
Something noticeable yesterday Wellstone ruled Mar 2020 #9
His saying he would relax restrictions wasn't factoring in how much worse things will brewens Mar 2020 #10
He's leading from the rear Yonnie3 Mar 2020 #11
That's the same pattern of bullshit he had on The Apprentice, but there... Beartracks Mar 2020 #15
The local Mexican friends of mine have a saying: panader0 Mar 2020 #16
I know that saying from my childhood. MineralMan Mar 2020 #17
I looked up the translation. Tee hee! Well put! DinahMoeHum Mar 2020 #19
I found this interesting - found on the 'nets Sunriser13 Mar 2020 #22
I remember that from high school Spanish! Crunchy Frog Mar 2020 #34
NAH rufus dog Mar 2020 #18
The outbreaks, rate of infection, and deaths Nature Man Mar 2020 #32
He won't make it til January. GeorgeGist Mar 2020 #20
Just for giggles, I'm making note of each day's progression Totally Tunsie Mar 2020 #21
Pope Francis calls for worldwide midday prayer, today, to beseech God Hortensis Mar 2020 #23
And last night the local news opened with... FiveGoodMen Mar 2020 #26
The biggest problem with him right now is that *he* is POTUS Proud Liberal Dem Mar 2020 #30
Yale holocaust historian Timothy Snyder tells us that.. Grasswire2 Mar 2020 #31
Ruth Ben-Ghiat, NYU History professor and Haggis for Breakfast Mar 2020 #33
He knows he can't order everyone back to work. He knows the states with sane governors won't do it. flibbitygiblets Mar 2020 #35
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