We've done this one in the past -

Sonny: To carry around exact change for tollbooths
Clemenza: To wash his hands before every meal
Geary: To stay away from whorehouses
B.J. Harrison: Not to get so much sun

Etc.

Johnny Fontaine: To start acting like a man.
Mary Corleone: acting lessons.

Carlo: To always sit in the back seat if he's being chauffeured somewhere
Jack Woltz: To never look a gift horse in the mouth
Clemenza: To cut down on the cannoli -- and lose 20 pounds by "mattress season"
Johnny Ola: To never hang his suits with wire coat hangers -- plastic only!
Fanucci: To never wear white after Labour Day
Luca Brasi: To never drink on the job
Fredo: Not to believe everything he's told

I'm blanking with this one for some reason, could you explain

Hyman Roth-never go to Israel

Lucy Mancini: To always make sure she has strong doors to "bang" on.

Don Vito: To stay away from oranges sold at fruit stands.

Tom Hagen: To study the war strategies of great generals.

Sal Tessio: To get just one more chance, for old times sake.


DMC - Cristina, forgive me for answering your question, but I believe that the reference was made to Mr. Ola's untimely demise via hanger.

In Part II, Johnny Ola was choked to death with a wire coat hanger while in Cuba - that's if I remember that correctly! Been awhile since I watched....

I'm losing it I completly forgot about that

Moe Greene: keep a closer EYE on his masseuse.
Fredo: bang three cocktail waitresses at a time.

Luca Brasi: Take a course in speech and diction
Appolonia: Get her lessons at a driving school

Thank you for the assistance, Sicilian Babe and AngelaMarie, for answering DMC's question about Johnny Ola: Yes, he was strangled with a wire coat hanger; hence the New Year's resolution to get rid of those things .

Another one for Johnny Ola: To get his eyes checked for colour blindness (those orange suits!)

Kay: Sign up for marriage counseling sessions

Paulie: Strive for perfect attendance at work

Enzo: Stick to baking

Moe Green: Don't talk to a man like Michael Corleone like that

Fredo: Give up fishing

This is fun . plawrence, you said this had been done in the past. Are you the creator of this clever game? What a good way to test our wits while we wait for the new year to arrive.

Michael: To never walk into a room where the drapes are open
Michael (again): To smile more
Mary: To date outside the family
McCluskey: To be less grouchy on the job
Strachi: To always take the stairs
Hyman Roth: To never stop and talk to reporters
Sonny: To spend more time at the library so his brain doesn't go soft

I guess I did, but I didn't remember until I looked up the old thread:


http://www.gangsterbb.net/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=1;t=002806

Well, it looks like you are the inventor, all the way from 2002 -- and I see we think alike. We both said Clemenza should resolve to give up cannoli and that Cuneo (I thought it was Strachi ) should take the stairs.

BTW, I recall another post where our thoughts were in sync. In some earlier topic, I mentioned the narrative similarities between GF1 and GF2 (an enemy revealed to have been the primary antagonist "all along", betrayals by trusted persons, etc.) Then recently I was browsing some posts going back even earlier than that, and I found that you had listed almost the very same points in another topic. "My goodness," I thought, "if plawrence had read my post, he must have thought I lifted all my ideas directly from him." But it was pure coincidence -- honest .

Great minds think alike (even if my mind is not so great ).

Does this mean that you now have a crush on me, too?

I want you to know, BTW, that your crush on Don Cardi (for reasons I shall not go into here) has made me very jealous.

plawrence, you need to ask??!! Ah, the target of the affection is always the last to know. Check out my last post in the topic Time for a Change .

Don Cardi never wrote me a poem (grumble grumble)

Well that's becuase actions speak louder than words.

A poem is just a bunch of words.


Don Cardi

Ah, Don Cardi, I only jest. Words will never cause you to be replaced . I have room in my heart for BOTH of you -- as do all the ladies who post on these boards, I'm sure.

Although I am greatly flattered, in the spirit of the holidays I ask that you two make a resolution to behave yourselves and put aside this rivalry .

Now shake hands.

And, as they say, come out fighting.

Are you telling me to keep my friends close, but my enemies closer?

Don Cardi

Yes, and also swear that you will not be the one to break the peace that we have made here today...

... which reminds me of another Godfather resolution:

Michael: To forgive and forget

Mama- Learn how to interfer.
Signor Roberto- take lessons on how to open a door.