THat one time Michaluk cut his string

Remember when Manzo's car was hit from behind by Mrs. Recuber's Daughter? Yeah, and he had to close his trunk with a string.

Well, one time it was parked at the diner and Michaluk and I wanted to fill his car with rocks. His doors were locked, but when your truck security mechanism is a knot of string, your car is going to get unpimped.

The mission was successful, but Michaluk somehow cut the string instead of simply undoing the knot. Collateral damage.

Fortunately, everyone won when Manzo got to replace his old crappy Neon with...another Neon.

A call for memories

Seriously, is all we can remember about Manzo that he once hurt PJ and we stole his hubcaps?

To quote his away message "We've been hanging out every Thursday night for 2 years!!"There must be things he's done. I mean, he has fucking a whole "house" of candles!!!

POST SOMETHING!

BELIEVE IT!

One of my favorite stories involves Manzo and PJ. The story is a little fuzzy from the years, but basically Manzo and PJ were sitting at the diner. PJ was doing his (and our) usual bust on Manzo routine, when Manzo predictably started to get his rage. Eventually, after warning, Manzo decided that he was going to headbutt PJ. And he did.

PJ cried out "I can't belieeeeve my friend would do this to me" to which Manzo responded (in his most bellow-ous Manzo voice):

BELIEVE IT!

There is debate as to whether this was what caused PJ's bump on his nose or whether it was some kind of sparring incident in Boston. But I've learned enough to believe whatever Manzo says. To this day, it's one of Manzo's underused catch phrases, right up there with "I'll take two, THE RYE!"

That time we stole his hubcaps

I'm not sure how many times we stole Manzo's hubcaps, but here's photographic evidence that it happened at least once:

I'm not sure how many hubcaps we've stolen from each other, but I do know I got a call about it. My dad was thinking about going to sell the Lumina and told me I should get all those damned hubcaps out of the trunk. Did we ever give Marr his caps back? Maybe if they had been on his car, it would have protected it from the pinball that ensued.

As a bonus, try to guess how much heavier I am in that picture.

Sappy

Manzo, while despite being the most tightly wound person I've met, is pretty awesome sometimes. And it would be terrible if I didn't mention one of my favorite moments are Manzo's unexpected acts of kindness.

Sometimes I've been a little trying on the man, but he's always managed to surprise me with some kindness. A few examples:

• He dropped me off at the train station for absolutely no reason (we were semi-warring then - perhaps it was to get rid of me...)
• Calling me up that one morning to make sure we go to the Bistro. That was pretty cool
• Giving me Match advice, and telling me I can chat with him anytime I need to about dating. Pretty nice of him

So I'm willing to bet that everyone is confused as to whether I'm being serious or not, so I'll just say the following: I like having Manzo as a friend.

Conviction Regarding his Principles

One day Manzo was offered a free beer. It was a 'Bud Select'. He refused. I cried. THE END!