Consiglieri

When you are in the mob, you have a lot of difficult decisions to make. And when you are a king-pin in the mob, sometimes you have so many decisions to make that you can't make them all yourself.



When people find themselves in this sort of situation, they enlist an advisor, or in mob-speak, a 'consiglieri'. I, for example, am Leo's consiglieri. This means that when Leo has an important decision to make (like what to wear, or where to go shopping for clothes) he comes to me, and I use my polished analytical and reasoning skills to figure out Leo's best course of action.

"Wait a minute" you're saying, "You can't be a consiglieri, you're Irish!".

I have two responses to this:

1. I don't appreciate your tone.
2. This guy...



...was Irish, and he seemed to do a pretty good job of it, so can the attitude.

There a lot of important skills you must possess if you want to be an effective consiglieri. The most important of which:


Judgement.

Judgement is the key to making effective decisions. Try answering the questions below to see if your judgement is sharp enough to cut it as a consiglieri.

Question Number One:



You have an appointment at the dentist, but you are nervous. WHAT DO YOU DO!

A: Cancel the appointment.
B: Go to the appointment, but no kissing on the mouth.
C: Confuse the dentist by telling him: "Man, kids these days just don't appreciate the value of a point. Do you remember, back in the 80's, what appointment? Appointment so much back then". Once confused, kick his privates and flee.
D: Reschedule the appointment, for February 29th. Tsssss. Only, the thing is, wait, no wait for it, it's NOT a leap-year! Buuuuuuuuuurn!

Question Number Two:



You are out walking your dog and you come to a rail crossing. The bells are ringing and you can hear a train in the distance. You know you should stay-put but your dog is pulling on the leash and barking that it wants to cross. WHAT DO YOU DO!

A: That is not a dog, it's a cat.
B: The reason you don't know it is a cat is because you are blind and you think it is your seeing eye dog. This is also the reason that you feel a need to put an unusual amount of trust in the 'dog's' desires.
C: Your 'dog' is obviously not barking, it is meowing - like any other cat in the world. Because you have always thought your cat was a dog, you have thought of the sound it makes as a 'bark'. Logically then, you have always though dogs to be cats, and the unusual sound that actual dogs make to be called 'meowing'.
D: If you know your cat to be a dog, and the sound that it makes to be a 'bark', who is to tell you otherwise? Does reality determine our perception of it, or vice-versa?

Question Number Three:



You have to add 7 to 9 and then divide by 2. WHAT DO YOU DO!

A: Do the math, man! Just do it!
B: Do the math, in the bath!
C: M.A.T.H: Man and Trees - Harmony.
D: MATH!

Once you have finished answering all the questions tabulate your score and refer to the chart below to see if you have what it takes to be a consiglieri! The answer to every question was A!

I got them all right! - Congratulations, you have the reasoning skills of a skulking Pheonix! You could tell me what to do any time!

2 for 3! One mistake ain't bad! - Actually it is bad, very bad. In this world you ain't a cat with nine lives, oh no! You are a dog, a dirty dog, and one mistake is all you get. Unless you are owned by the blind person mentioned above, in which case you are still a dirty dog, but they think you are a cat.

1 over 3, that's a fraction! - Yes it is a fraction, very good. Too bad you weren't so clever when you were getting two out of three wrong.

I'm a big zero! - Yes you are, but don't beat yourself up over it. At least you are consistent, and that goes a long way, says a lot about a person's character. And sometimes, in this world, when all the chips are down, and there is no more room for mistakes, a person's character is really all they've got.


LOL Admin.