My buddy Rich Mennenoh has had a great nickname for 30+ years. It was back in the old Chicago mobster days, when everyone who was getting arrested had great nicknames. We laughed about that, and because of his Italian heritage on his mother’s side, we started calling him by a nickname: The Tuna. (In Chicago, that’s pronounced Da Too-nuh.) It stuck. I love great nicknames.
Fast forward to this morning. I laughed when I saw there was a mob sweep of the boys with the greatest nicknames in all of Philadelphia Mafiosi:.
Mob Monikers
Vincent “Elmo” AmaranteThomas “Tommy Sneakers” Cacciopoli
Domenico “The Greaseball” Cefalu
John “Jackie the Nose” D’Amico
Vincent “Vinnie Hot” Decongilio
Joseph “Joe Gag” Gaggi
John “Johnny Red Rose” Pisano
Richard “Fat Richie” Ranieri
Michael “Mike the Electrician” Urciuoli
Man, I need a cool nickname.
