[lit-ideas] Re: 5 Short Stories
- From: David Ritchie <ritchierd@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 15 May 2004 18:01:41 -0700
on 5/15/04 4:27 PM, Robert Paul at Robert.Paul@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> Now--does anyone know what 'thimble and pea sharpers' are or were?
>
I think the reference is to what is also known as "the shell game." Three
thimbles, one pea.
David Ritchie, cooking line-caught, state-branded, naturally-colored,
recently-deceased, not-particularly endangered, wild salmon from Fred
Meyer's best bucket, shovel and bait emporium in Portland, Oregon
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