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Santino didn't like the rug

posted 10 years ago by Stevicus-2
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After all that trouble Vito and Clemenza went through to get the rug, Santino was still upset. That may explain his temper; childhood trauma due to the rug. 

[–] gabby_bm 10 years ago

Give poor Santino a break here. He thought his father had become a rugger. That's hard for any kid to take.

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[–] Stevicus-2 10 years ago

Well, yes, that's probably true. Even Vito realized that this rug business was going to destroy them in the years to come. Don Zaluchi echoed this view when he said "I also don't believe in rugs. For years, I paid my people extra so they wouldn't do that kind of business."

[–] gabby_bm 10 years ago

Times change. One day you're stashing illegal firearms. The next day you're a rug runner, rolling up in some stranger's living room just to keep your baby boy from feeling the hard wood.

But he took care of his family. He's got nothing to apologize for.

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[–] brinsonmh 9 years ago

I am a rugger by trade; I arrange, design and sell rugs. I am Vito, The Rugger.

[–] yousaylodgehatisayfunnyh 10 years ago

Maybe because when Clemenza rolled it up at the house they stole it from it was 6 feet wide, but when he and Vito carry it in the apartment building it was ten feet wide. Mayby Santino could see it would only get bigger and swallow him.

[–] brinsonmh 9 years ago

That rug really tied the room together.

[–] asiamatron 9 years ago

Santino eventually had a change of heart though: he was hot for Sollozzo's rug deal.

[–] gabby_bm 9 years ago

He knew that a man who doesn't spend time with his rug can never be a real man.

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[–] asiamatron 8 years ago

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[–] franzkabuki 9 years ago

At least he didn't pee on it.

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[–] Stevicus-2 9 years ago

At least he didn't pee on it.

Sonny probably would have been forgiven, but if anyone else ever peed on Vito Corleone's rug, look out. Those two thugs working for Jackie Treehorn would have died rather gruesome deaths, and Treehorn himself would probably have something much worse than a horse head in his bed.

[–] steely3000 9 years ago

I don't blame him, I didn't like the rug either. I know it was the 1920s and they didn't have plush carpeting back them (or did they?), and I guess a rug of any kind was a luxury. Still, I thought the carpet was a piece of garbage myself, and didn't fit the room (duh).

So that leads me to a question: how did Clemenza know the house he robbed would have a carpet that he could just roll up and take? Did he know the guy? I can't believe he picked just any fancy house to rob a rug from.

[–] Rceditor (55) 6 years ago

I'm liking this thread!

To answer your question, steely... I always thought that Clemenza had delivered that rug to that customer. Then, during the course of business, the customer probably mentioned an upcoming, out of town trip. So Clemenza knew that the person a) had a nice new rug, and b) wouldn't be home on the day he met with Vito.

[–] danmax67 8 years ago

Personally, I don't think the rug was stolen. I think Clemenza had a friend that didn't want the rug and has no problem with people jimmying his front door.

[–] jwalsh67 8 years ago

From a simple topic has sprouted a hilarious thread!

[–] Tabbycat (915) 6 years ago

Zaluchi?

If anyone needed a rug, it was Don Fanucci. Later on, Clamenza and that guy heading the Kefauver Comission coulda used one. Hell, half the fat middle-aged stumps in both flicks needed one.