Is mario Gigante active?? He's obviously probably getting up there in age. He was acting boss at one point no?? Is he on the shelf now though?
Regardless of how active he still is, he's certainly not on the shelf. That's what happens to somebody when they are put into forced inactivity by the family as punishment.
I disagree. On the shelf has many different meanings. In the life retirement isn't used as word...you can't retire. Being put on the shelf can easily be due to old age or many other reasons not exclusive to punishment. Whether he got out on is own is a different story, but i would speculate to say that someone eased him out because of the fact that his brother died and without the chin around mario was probably useless and more importantly powerless.
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