Not such a sterling display, wise guy

BERTIE SOPRANO was sick of the wise guys who thought they were big enough to take him down.

These bums had short memories and needed reminding of who they were talking to. He was still the boss of bosses in New Jersey, sorry, Drumcondra, and it was time they showed him some respect.

“You make me wonder,” he spat out contemptuously as he hunched forward in the witness box: “... sometimes if you cross you guys on a legal issue you get whacked and another time if you don’t cross them you’re doing the wrong thing.”