And then whatta you gonna do....

[Outdoor Writer]

In another thread, I mentioned inheriting a gun from my grandfather. It reminded of this story about why Italian fathers and grandfathers pass their guns down through the family.

An old Italian man is dying. He calls his grandson to his bedside. "Guido, I wan' you lissina me. I wan' you to take-a my chrome plated .38 revolver so you will always remember me."

"But poppa, I really don't like guns. How about you leave me your Rolex watch instead?"

Grandpa sighed. "You lissina me, boy. Somma day you gonna be runna da business, you gonna have a beautiful wife, lotsa money, a big-a home and maybe a couple of bambinos. Somma day you gonna come-a home and maybe finda you wife inna bed with another man. Whatta you gonna do then? Pointa to you watch and say, 'times up'?

[Edge]