A WHOLE MANURE LOAD

We were watching the news and the announcement was aired that Pope Francis will excommunicate some Mafia members.

Les said, dryly, "I hope he doesn't have a horse."

I so vividly remember THAT scene from The Godfather. Who could forget the yellow satin sheets, the Oscar on the bedside table, and still able to see the throbbing bleeding-out of the horse?

Les said, "But we know that there could never be another horse as good as KHARTOUM!"
We are devoted fans of The Godfather and are known to recite the dialogue and try to stump each other with trivia.  Below is a bit of a recent trivia exchange:


Sue: "How much did Woltz pay for Khartoum?"

Les:  "$600,000."

Sue:  "Wow, I wonder what that would translate into today's dollars?"

Les:  "A whole manure-load!"

Sue:  "Who put it in the bed?"

Les:  "Luca Brasi!"

Sue:  "Aha!  It was NOT Khartoum in the bed;  Khartoum had a white blaze on his forehead; it was missing on the head in the bed."

Les:  "Oh, a continuity error.  OMG! I have to watch it again!"

Sue:  "Besides, it was NOT Khartoum because that head in the bed had cataracts on its eyes!"

Les:  "WTH? I never noticed that!  Then it was an actual head?"

Sue:  "I just watched it again recently!"

Les:  "Oh, here's something you might not know: Charles, Lord Gordon, the Commander at the Battle of Khartoum, was BEHEADED!"

Sue:  "You are SICK!"

Les:  "Yes, THANK YOU!"