The Barrow Gang is a criminal organization that Ralph Fults was associated with.
`` As a dog returns to his vomit , so a fool repeats his folly '' is an aphorism which appears in the Book of Proverbs in the Bible -- Proverbs 26 :11 -LRB- Kəkeleb sab ` al-qe ' ow ; kəsil , sowneh bə ' iwwaltow . -RRB-. aphorism. aphorism. Book of Proverbs. Book of Proverbs. Bible. Bible. Proverbs 26 :11. s :Bible ( King James ) / Proverbs#26 :11. dog. dog. vomit. vomiting. , also partially quoted in the New Testament , 2 Peter 2 :22 .. New Testament. New Testament. 2 Peter. 2 Peter. It means that fools are stubbornly inflexible and this is illustrated with the repulsive simile of the dog that eats its vomit again , even though this may be poisonous .. inflexible. Rigidity ( psychology ). simile. simile. dog. dog. vomit. vomiting. Dogs were considered unclean in Biblical times as they were commonly scavengers of the dead and they appear in the Bible as repugnant creatures , symbolising evil .. Bible. Bible. unclean. unclean animals. The reference to vomit indicates excessive indulgence and so also symbolises revulsion .. vomit. vomiting. The incorrigible nature of fools is further emphasised in Proverbs 27 :22 , `` Though you grind a fool in a mortar , grinding them like grain with a pestle , you will not remove their folly from them . ''. Proverbs 27 :22. s :Bible ( King James ) / Proverbs#27 :22. mortar. mortar and pestle. In Proverbs , the `` fool '' represents a person lacking moral behavior or discipline , and the `` wise '' represents someone who behaves carefully and righteously .. The modern association of these words with intellectual capacity is not in the original context .