It was supposed to be a mafia thing. Kissing Lieberman on the cheek, rubbing heads, grabbing people by the back of the head--all the little gestures that petty men use to signal that they have power--at least, that petty mafia bosses in the movies use...
Ick.
(Wondering, as one so often does, why no one has decked GWB yet.)
Posted by bitchphd | Link to this comment | 02-15-05 11:13 AM
Guy in the fourth picture down looks like he's thinking about it.
Posted by ogged | Link to this comment | 02-15-05 11:16 AM
I wonder the same thing. The scalp-rub, the silly nicknames...would someone please ask him to stop being a dick?
Posted by FL | Link to this comment | 02-15-05 11:16 AM
Okay, I'll admit my ignorance. What does the title of this post mean?
Posted by apostropher | Link to this comment | 02-15-05 12:25 PM
The post one-down from where Bob linked is quite interesting, if you haven't checked it out.
Apos, I think it's a mafia thing.
Posted by Michael | Link to this comment | 02-15-05 12:40 PM
I thought of that, but still couldn't make sense of it. Do mafia dons rub heads a lot?
Posted by apostropher | Link to this comment | 02-15-05 12:47 PM
dag, you're not Italian, either.
Posted by Michael | Link to this comment | 02-15-05 12:55 PM
It was supposed to be a mafia thing. Kissing Lieberman on the cheek, rubbing heads, grabbing people by the back of the head--all the little gestures that petty men use to signal that they have power--at least, that petty mafia bosses in the movies use...
Posted by ogged | Link to this comment | 02-15-05 2:12 PM