Dead Hookers Don't Bury Themselves (TM)

When i was a kid, my grandfather used to put his arm around me, smile warmly and say "Joe... Dead hookers don't bury themselves."

I always thought this was a quirky/fun way of telling me that everyone has to do the work that has to be done themselves.
Or that you need to clean up your own messes.
Or maybe it was just a funny thing to say.

Anyway, a year into college I found out that my grandfather was actually an Ex-Mafioso knucklebreaker for the Boston Mob.

I guess I also learned that his little sage advice was just meant to be taken literally- that dead hookers don't bury themselves.

I had it engraved onto my ipod.




That's my grandfather in the middle.