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ctakim

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Mar 7, 2000, 3:00:00 AM3/7/00
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When Matt runs into Richie's place and asked if he heard what happened
to Christopher, Richie says, yeah he was blown up. Matt says that he
and Sean did the deed.

Question: how did Richie know so quickly?


Crackin' toast, Grommit! --Wallace

David

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ctakim <cta...@ix.netcom.com> wrote in message
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> When Matt runs into Richie's place and asked if he heard what happened
> to Christopher, Richie says, yeah he was blown up. Matt says that he
> and Sean did the deed.
>
> Question: how did Richie know so quickly?

Probably the same way everyone else gathered at the hospital found out... by
telephone.

PWiseKorn

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Richie wouldn't have killed Christopher anyway. I'm sure he heard about his
proposal to Adriana, so he had no reason to bother with him or if he hit
Adriana again.

Mark

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ctakim wrote:
>
> When Matt runs into Richie's place and asked if he heard what happened
> to Christopher, Richie says, yeah he was blown up. Matt says that he
> and Sean did the deed.
>
> Question: how did Richie know so quickly?

Who said it was quick?
Everyone and their mother made it to the hospital
by that time... and Christopher had already been
their for a while... (if all those people were in
the room, we can take for granted he's been sewed
up already!) How couldn't he know at that point?

Tom H. (Sideline®)

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cta...@ix.netcom.com (ctakim) wrote:

>When Matt runs into Richie's place and asked if he heard what happened
>to Christopher, Richie says, yeah he was blown up. Matt says that he
>and Sean did the deed.
>
>Question: how did Richie know so quickly?

I noticed that too. Didn't sink in right at first. Plus, isn't "blown
up" more of a ghetto term for a shooting? Didn't Richie chew Matt's
ass out about using "Homie" in relation to Chris. I think Richie meant
"blown up" literally. He had a hit out on Chris.

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Tom


Tom H. (Sideline®)

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pwis...@aol.comREMOVE (PWiseKorn) wrote:

Yet another reason to whack Chris. He obviously hates Chris... why
would he want Adriana to be married to him?

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Tom

ctakim

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Mar 8, 2000, 3:00:00 AM3/8/00
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Oh yeah, may be Matt stopped off at the Bada Bing for a drink, then
the bakery where he had to wait in line for his shriudel (wish I could
spell that) and finally a plate of pasta at Artie's New Vesuvius and
then he ran to Richie's for help. Sounds very plausible.

On Tue, 07 Mar 2000 08:00:54 GMT, Mark <eng...@geocities.com> wrote:

>ctakim wrote:
>>
>> When Matt runs into Richie's place and asked if he heard what happened
>> to Christopher, Richie says, yeah he was blown up. Matt says that he
>> and Sean did the deed.
>>
>> Question: how did Richie know so quickly?
>

>Who said it was quick?
>Everyone and their mother made it to the hospital
>by that time... and Christopher had already been
>their for a while... (if all those people were in
>the room, we can take for granted he's been sewed
>up already!) How couldn't he know at that point?

Crackin' toast, Grommit! --Wallace

ctakim

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Exactly my thought too. Except that would make his anger at Matt
principally because he could be tied to the crime. Actually, Richie
said to him "then why are you here?" What you are saying makes more
and more sense. Richie put out the hit, the two dipsh*ts jumped at the
job as a way to move up. It would also explain why Chip and Dale would
turn so violently (and so quickly) on Christopher. I know they had a
change in attitude in the Bada Bing, but it seemed like a small reason
to blow somebody away on their own. So maybe.....


On Tue, 07 Mar 2000 10:50:59 -0600, "Tom H. (Sideline®)"
<bomber_...@yahoo.com> wrote:

>cta...@ix.netcom.com (ctakim) wrote:
>
>>When Matt runs into Richie's place and asked if he heard what happened
>>to Christopher, Richie says, yeah he was blown up. Matt says that he
>>and Sean did the deed.
>>
>>Question: how did Richie know so quickly?
>

>I noticed that too. Didn't sink in right at first. Plus, isn't "blown
>up" more of a ghetto term for a shooting? Didn't Richie chew Matt's
>ass out about using "Homie" in relation to Chris. I think Richie meant
>"blown up" literally. He had a hit out on Chris.
>
>--
>Tom
>

Crackin' toast, Grommit! --Wallace

Jorabi

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that's sfogliatella or sfogliatelli

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> ... then the bakery where he had to wait in line for his

ctakim

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Oy! now that has got to be a stretch, even for an American-Italian
accent!

Crackin' toast, Grommit! --Wallace

Bill Lynch

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Jorabi wrote:
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> that's sfogliatella or sfogliatelli

I thought he was talking about "strudel":

strudel (strod'l) n. a kind of pastry made of a very thin sheet of dough
covered with apple slices, cherries, cheese, etc., rolled up, and baked
Etymology [Ger, lit., whirlpool < OHG stredan, to rush, bubble up < IE
*sret- < base *ser-, to flow, gush > serum]
(C)1995 Zane Publishing, Inc. (C)1994, 1991, 1988 Simon & Schuster,
Inc.

Hard to imagine getting the two confused, but stranger things have
happened. (I confess I don't remember the bakery episode very clearly at
all)

Bill L

Jorabi

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Mar 9, 2000, 3:00:00 AM3/9/00
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We Italians stop at the bakery for cannoli and sfogliatelli, not
"strudel". Since the dialect pronunciation is "shfugadel", I think that
is what ctakim heard and was talking about. Tony and Co. have mentioned
them several times.

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PWiseKorn

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I don't think Richie ever hated him enough to want to kill him. He probably
would have wanted to see if Tony would let him work with him so he could
straighten him out. Moltisanti is a little better this season. He isn't
shooting bakers in the foot or anything like that. Mafia guys almost never go
as far as murder with home affairs. Almost never...

ctakim

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Exactamundo. The phonetic spelling on the show sounded to my left
coast born ears as "shree-yu-dell". It's what Christopher bought
(well, ...took) from the bakery when he shot the Pillsbury Doughboy in
the foot.

Crackin' toast, Grommit! --Wallace

Mark

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ctakim wrote:
> Oh yeah, may be Matt stopped off at the Bada Bing for a drink, then

> the bakery where he had to wait in line for his shriudel (wish I could
> spell that) and finally a plate of pasta at Artie's New Vesuvius and
> then he ran to Richie's for help. Sounds very plausible.

That's what I said too, right? :)
If he had to run 3 miles to get to Richie's
place, and had to stick to the alleys and
backyards to make sure no one saw him...
could that possibly take an hour or two?

Mark

fabella

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In article <38c5d83b...@nntp.ix.netcom.com>,

Hi howya doin'? This is my first post here.

I don't think Richie had a hit out on Christopher. He was pissed
about Richie smacking Adrianna but no real reason to take the
risk
of whacking T's young favorite. That would put him right to the
top of the shit list (he's pretty close anyway). When he first
said he
would killk Chris, it was only an outburst, not meant to be
taken literally, which the two dorks "used" as their opportunity
to "move
up in this world. And remember, Richie appears to be positioning
himself by getting all cozy with Janice - who *is*, as her mother
said, a "snake in the grass." I hope to see Janice eventually
side with her brother and whack Richie eventually, to set
herself up as
the "New Age" lieutenant! I hate Richie, but love the actor who
plays him -- the guy is a great new addition for the second
season.

fabella


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In article <38c48c07...@nntp.ix.netcom.com>,

cta...@ix.netcom.com (ctakim) wrote:
> When Matt runs into Richie's place and asked if he heard what happened
> to Christopher, Richie says, yeah he was blown up. Matt says that he
> and Sean did the deed.
>
> Question: how did Richie know so quickly?
>
> Crackin' toast, Grommit! --Wallace
>

I watched the episode for the third time last night, and when
Christopher comes walking out to the parking lot, he's on the cell
phone with someone talking about having to go all the way over to
Beanzie's to check on a ramp. I didn't see any sign of him having
disconnected from the call to say hi to Heckle and Jeckle, so it's
possible that whoever was on the other end (my guess was either Paulie
or Silvio, since they seemed to be the ones involved with the ramp)
heard the whole thing go down.

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Mary Beth :-)
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On Thu, 09 Mar 2000 05:45:49 -0800, fabella
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>Hi howya doin'? This is my first post here.

Howdee

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Bill Lynch

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~ Wild Wonderful Mary Beth ~ wrote:
>
(snip)

>
> I watched the episode for the third time last night, and when
> Christopher comes walking out to the parking lot, he's on the cell
> phone with someone talking about having to go all the way over to
> Beanzie's to check on a ramp. I didn't see any sign of him having
> disconnected from the call to say hi to Heckle and Jeckle, so it's
> possible that whoever was on the other end (my guess was either Paulie
> or Silvio, since they seemed to be the ones involved with the ramp)
> heard the whole thing go down.

IIRC, he folded it up & put it in his jacket pocket.

Bill L

bri...@my-deja.com

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The more I think about this, the less sense it
makes:

(1) If Christopher had been hit at Beansie's
house, rather than by Chip and Dale, do you think
Tony would be more or less likely to pin it on
Richie?

(2) Richie Aprile may be psycho, he may lack
what Tony calls "impulse control," but he is old
school. He is not going to whack someone in the
street boss's crew on his own initiative.

(3) Richie was not mad at Christopher
for "hitting" Adriana. He was mad at
Christopher, if at all, for having had *sex* with
her. If known to Richie, the fact that they were
now engaged would make him less likely, not more
likely, to do anything to Christopher.

(4) In any event, there's no discernible
motive. All we have in the Christopher/Richie
relationship is (1) Richie's initial warning to
Christopher about Adriana, followed by his
opinion to Tony that Chris was "a good kid"; (2)
Christopher's observation that Richie has
an "attitude problem," unheard so far as we know
by Richie; and (3) Richie's threat to Christopher
at the Executive Game, which, given the lack of
any other history between the two, makes sense
*only* because Richie had completely lost his
cool upon seeing David at the poker table.

Like Tony told David, believe half of what you
see and none of what you hear.

bri...@my-deja.com

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Torris

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On Fri, 10 Mar 2000 22:12:01 GMT, bri...@my-deja.com wrote:

>The more I think about this, the less sense it
>makes:
>
>(1) If Christopher had been hit at Beansie's
>house, rather than by Chip and Dale, do you think
>Tony would be more or less likely to pin it on
>Richie?

More


>
>(2) Richie Aprile may be psycho, he may lack
>what Tony calls "impulse control," but he is old
>school. He is not going to whack someone in the
>street boss's crew on his own initiative.

He would be inviting a death sentence to do so.

>
>(3) Richie was not mad at Christopher
>for "hitting" Adriana. He was mad at
>Christopher, if at all, for having had *sex* with
>her. If known to Richie, the fact that they were
>now engaged would make him less likely, not more
>likely, to do anything to Christopher.

I don't think he'd want someone that close in Tony's circle to be
immersed closer into his family.

>
>(4) In any event, there's no discernible
>motive. All we have in the Christopher/Richie
>relationship is (1) Richie's initial warning to

I definitely think that this was a rogue operation by Chip and Dale
and Richie is going to be swept by the currents despite his innocence
in this attempted hit.

Torris

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Tiggerbob

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To tell you the truth I don't think the Richie had anything to do with it.
Richie had said to dumb & dumber "If there is anything that you can do for me,
let me know" Now dumb & dumber know that Richie has a disliking for Chris. So
maybe between the two of them half a brain cell sparked and they thought that
maybe we can move up the ladder, if we clip Chris.

Pete B.

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>To tell you the truth I don't think the Richie had anything to do with it.

He really did push them, them, though, telling him about Chris' camel nose
and how much he hated him and then asking if there was something they could
do for him. The more I think about the more I think Richie was crazy like a
fox - knowing that they were unhappy and winding them up against Chris.

Pete B.

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BReiss6135

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>The more I think about the more I think Richie was crazy like a
>fox - knowing that they were unhappy and winding them up against Chris.

Nah, Richie was extremely pissed and surprised about the shooting when he found
out that Chip & Dale did it for his benefit...

Arcade 2000

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He was pissed for one reason only: That it might get back to Tony that he
was involved.

If he could do it without getting fingered, he wouldn't waste a second.


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