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Author: | Godfella [ Tue Sep 20, 2016 5:59 pm ] |
Post subject: | Dick Portillo... |
Owns a WWll Japanese Admiral's tooth? http://www.foxnews.com/us/2016/09/20/ch ... tooth.html Chicago hot dog king may own WWII Japanese commander's tooth... CHICAGO – The founder of a Chicago hot dog empire thinks he may have a gold tooth that belonged to a Japanese World War II admiral who orchestrated the Pearl Harbor attack and will "do whatever it takes to find out." Dick Portillo, founder of the Portillo's fast food chain, was on 2015 trip to Papua New Guinea where U.S. pilots shot down Japanese naval commander Isoroku Yamamoto's plane when the tooth surfaced in the mud. A clan that owns the site confiscated the tooth, but later turned it over for $14,000. "If it comes to be true, it's peanuts compared to the value that I would look at," Portillo told the Chicago Tribune. "If it doesn't, you win some and you lose some." Portillo said he is working to authenticate the tooth, including contacting dentists and a research librarian. He said it also may be possible to have DNA extracted from a tiny human tooth bit in the gold. Japanese naval historian Yukoh Watanabe has his doubts. Watanabe, who wrote a 2015 book on Yamamoto, said it's unclear whether the commander's dental records exist. He also noted that multiple people were on the plane. "I have to say that it is little possibility it belonged to Adm. Yamamoto," Watanabe wrote in an email to the newspaper. But as a fellow romantic of history, he added: "I also hope the gold tooth belongs to Adm. Yamamoto." Portillo said he wasn't looking to make money, adding that he would like give the tooth to the Japanese government and make a documentary. "The value to me is the fun, the experience of doing that, the fact that I had a lot to do with it, and history," he said. |
Author: | Colonel Angus [ Tue Sep 20, 2016 6:29 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: Dick Portillo... |
Another piece of memorabilia to hang on the wall of one of his restaurants. |
Author: | Don Tiny [ Tue Sep 20, 2016 6:40 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: Dick Portillo... |
Colonel Angus wrote: Another piece of memorabilia to hang on the wall of one of his restaurants. Dick - The "tooth" is that your hot dogs are great!! Regards, Jim Belushi |
Author: | badrogue17 [ Tue Sep 20, 2016 6:42 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: Dick Portillo... |
Colonel Angus wrote: Another piece of memorabilia to hang on the wall of one of his restaurants. Sorry, sold the franchise for 1 billion fucking dollars. |
Author: | MajorKong [ Tue Sep 20, 2016 7:36 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: Dick Portillo... |
Yeah, I'm calling bullshit on his story. He probably had an ancestor who fought in the Pacific. Trophy taking was a common practice (NSFW description below): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_mutilation_of_Japanese_war_dead Quote: Eugene Sledge relates a few instances of fellow Marines extracting gold teeth from the Japanese, including one from an enemy soldier who was still alive:
But the Japanese wasn't dead. He had been wounded severely in the back and couldn't move his arms; otherwise he would have resisted to his last breath. The Japanese's mouth glowed with huge gold-crowned teeth, and his captor wanted them. He put the point of his kabar [combat knife] on the base of a tooth and hit the handle with the palm of his hand. Because the Japanese was kicking his feet and thrashing about, the knife point glanced off the tooth and sank deeply into the victim's mouth. The Marine cursed him and with a slash cut his cheeks open to each ear. He put his foot on the sufferer's lower jaw and tried again. Blood poured out of the soldier's mouth. He made a gurgling noise and thrashed wildly. I shouted, “Put the man out of his misery.” All I got for an answer was a cussing out. Another Marine ran up, put a bullet in the enemy soldier's brain, and ended his agony. The scavenger grumbled and continued extracting his prizes undisturbed. |
Author: | ToxicMasculinity [ Tue Sep 20, 2016 8:46 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: Dick Portillo... |
Was Santa Anna's wooden leg not for sale? |
Author: | SomeGuy [ Tue Sep 20, 2016 8:50 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: Dick Portillo... |
Dick Portillo is a sex move I used on leash's mom. A big hunk of meat followed by the classic fudge cake. |
Author: | leashyourkids [ Tue Sep 20, 2016 8:51 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: Dick Portillo... |
SomeGuy wrote: Dick Portillo is a sex move I used on leash's mom. A big hunk of meat followed by the classic fudge cake. ![]() |
Author: | Colonel Angus [ Tue Sep 20, 2016 10:09 pm ] |
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ToxicMasculinity wrote: Was Santa Anna's wooden leg not for sale? I think Cotton Hill stole it. |
Author: | Chus [ Tue Sep 20, 2016 10:15 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: Dick Portillo... |
Colonel Angus wrote: Another piece of memorabilia to hang on the wall of one of his restaurants. Jim Belushi just signed it. |
Author: | Chus [ Tue Sep 20, 2016 10:15 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: Dick Portillo... |
SomeGuy wrote: Dick Portillo is a sex move I used on leash's mom. A big hunk of meat followed by the classic fudge cake. That's a veteran move. |
Author: | Killer V [ Wed Sep 21, 2016 6:26 am ] |
Post subject: | Re: Dick Portillo... |
So he finds a random tooth in the mud and immediately decides it was from someone famous? Has anyone ever seen the Tooth Rock" in Elkhart, IN? http://www.odditycentral.com/pics/the-e ... teeth.html |
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