The Distinguished Justice Scalia Says "VAFFANCULO!"
The Distinguished Justice Scalia Says "VAFFANCULO!"
#0The Distinguished Justice Scalia Says "VAFFANCULO!"
Posted: 3/30/06 at 3:42pm
“The judge paused for a second, then looked directly into my lens and said, ‘To my critics, I say, ‘Vaffanculo,’ ” punctuating the comment by flicking his right hand out from under his chin, Smith said.
Scalia says it isn't obscene. What do the Italian-Americans on BroadwayWorld think?
#1re: The Distinguished Justice Scalia Says 'VAFFANCULO!'
Posted: 3/30/06 at 3:49pmThat isnt obscene...but his rulings are!
"In Oz, the verb is douchifizzation." PRS
#2re: The Distinguished Justice Scalia Says 'VAFFANCULO!'
Posted: 3/30/06 at 4:19pmCorrect me if I'm wrong, but doesn't "vaffanculo" translate directly "go get f*cked up your a$s"?
#3re: The Distinguished Justice Scalia Says 'VAFFANCULO!'
Posted: 3/30/06 at 4:21pm
awwww...then he does love gay people 
"In Oz, the verb is douchifizzation." PRS
ZONEACE
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/10/05
#4re: The Distinguished Justice Scalia Says 'VAFFANCULO!'
Posted: 3/30/06 at 4:34pm
thats pretty much the translation paljoey (im not italian in any way, but if you disect the word, you can find all the pieces of what you have the translation is).
so yeah, its rather obscene.
#5the distinguished justice scalia says 'vaffanculo!'
Posted: 3/30/06 at 4:37pmi'm not denying that all the parts are there, but my roma babe says that in general usage the english equivalent would be, "f*ck off."
...global warming can manifest itself as heat, cool, precipitation, storms, drought, wind, or any other phenomenon, much like a shapeshifter. -- jim geraghty
pray to st. jude
i'm a sonic reducer
he was the gimmicky sort
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#6The Distinguished Justice Scalia Says 'VAFFANCULO!'
Posted: 3/30/06 at 4:38pmThen the Distinguished Justice Scalia is lying when he says is it's NOT obscene.
ZONEACE
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/10/05
#7The Distinguished Justice Scalia Says 'VAFFANCULO!'
Posted: 3/30/06 at 4:40pmright papa, thats the connotative use of vafanculo, but its literal translation is somewhere around "go get f*cked in the a**"
#8the distinguished justice scalia says 'vaffanculo!'
Posted: 3/30/06 at 4:40pmwas he referring to the gesture or the phrase?
...global warming can manifest itself as heat, cool, precipitation, storms, drought, wind, or any other phenomenon, much like a shapeshifter. -- jim geraghty
pray to st. jude
i'm a sonic reducer
he was the gimmicky sort
fenchurch=mejusthavingfun=magwildwood=mmousefan=bkcollector=bradmajors=somethingtotalkabout: the fenchurch mpd collective
Roscoe
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/03
#9the distinguished justice scalia says 'vaffanculo!'
Posted: 3/30/06 at 7:17pm
Would a nice Catholic nun be very happy to see gestures like that and hear language like that on the steps of a church?
I say we turn Sr. Aloysius loose on him.
#10the distinguished justice scalia says 'vaffanculo!'
Posted: 3/31/06 at 12:09pm
The Boston Catholic Church doesn't do anything about pedophile priests, but they sure are quick to fire photographers:
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A freelance photographer has been fired by the Archdiocese of Boston’s newspaper for releasing a picture of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia making a controversial gesture in the Cathedral of the Holy Cross on Sunday.
Peter Smith, who had freelanced for The Pilot newspaper for a decade, lost the job yesterday after the Herald ran his photo on its front page. Smith said he has no regrets about releasing it.
“I did the right thing. I did the ethical thing,” said Smith, 51, an assistant photojournalism professor at Boston University.
Church fires photog over Scalia picture: Freelancer pays for ‘right thing’
#11the distinguished justice scalia says 'vaffanculo!'
Posted: 3/31/06 at 1:27pmVafanculo? isn't that what gwyneth is naming her baby?
#12the distinguished justice scalia says 'vaffanculo!'
Posted: 3/31/06 at 1:27pmdamn browser... sorry.
#13the distinguished justice scalia says 'vaffanculo!'
Posted: 3/31/06 at 1:33pmMy late godfather (literal), the Sicilian-born Mafia boss used to use that gesture to show his affection -- right before he had you killed.
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