ITALIAN Women are TOUGH!

An elderly Italian man lay dying in his bed. While suffering the agonies of impending death, he suddenly smelled the aroma of his favorite tomato sauce and ravioli coming up the stairs.

He gathered his remaining strength, and lifted himself from the bed. Gripping the railing with both hands, he dragged himself downstairs.

When he reached the bottom of the stairs and gazed into the kitchen, where if not for death's agony, he would've thought he was in heaven already, for there, spread out upon the kitchen table were hundreds of his favorite ravioli.
Was it heaven? Or was it one final act of love from his wife of 67 years, seeing to it that he left this world a happy man?

He threw himself towards the table, landing on his knees. The wondrous taste of the ravioli already on his lips as he reached out to touch one of his beloved foods.

Suddenly he was smacked with a wooden spoon by his wife who said:

" BA - FONGOOLA NO TOUCH ! ! ! DIS'A FOR YOU FUNERAL ! ! ! "