Cronies Archive August 2009

Back in the Day

A Pair of Sexy Almost-60s?
Or Sexy-Almost-60 Incarnated?

Bat circa 1920


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Bat circa 2009?

Caution: This Part Is Make-Believe

Have you ever had the feeling, as you're staring across the table at P. Wolf meticulously stacking his chips, that you've seen it all before? I don't mean seeing something quotidian, like your seven Aces losing to three Royals in Grecoid. I mean in the truly metaphysical sense.

For example, the…

Desperate Times ...

How many times have we heard Art proclaim, "Desperate times call for desperate measures"?

Usually, that means that we are doomed to a game of Black and Red or something equally "tedious," as Prof. Pete would have it. But, on a scale of Armageddon (1) to losing a game to the BoSox (10), let's face…

Let Us Confer 

I'm not sure about this and need your thoughts at Jason's Hall at 4 Hall Place (don't block a driveway) this Wednesday evening to figure it out.

Has it reached the point where we let the public know that the wolfitis contrarius bellicosim  virus is spreading, possibly creating panic among women…

Dennis' Recurring Nightmare

Dennis' Recurring Nightmare


Ever since Art's stupendous Annual Poker Soiree on Saturday, Dennis has been waking up in a cold sweat, inside-outing the pockets of his PJs and yelling, "Leave me alone, Ichiro, you Money-Sucking Pool Vacuum, leave me alone. I've given you all I've got. You can't have the unnumbered house in the…

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