The dumbest shell game in the world
Los Angeles Times post yesterday: "Vernon said the ring attracted local gang members, who began robbing unsuspecting players, sometimes assaulting them or knocking them to the ground. Police also are investigating whether a stabbing was related to the shell game ring."
But in all fairness, the alleged "tosser" was 77, police say. If your eyes are slower than a 77-year-old's hands, maybe you deserve to lose.
I'd write more about the story, but I'm very, very distracted by a link in the LAT right-side rail: "50 is magic monkey number at Santa Ana Zoo." Magic monkeys must be the greatest monkeys ever. And even if you don't believe in magic monkeys, you're going to like the zoo defense, "You can't just go to Monkeys-R-Us or EBay to get monkeys." Which begs the question, if not monkeys, what does Monkeys-R-Us sell?
You know you want to read the story. "A prominent lawyer and land baron, Prentice kept monkeys and a gibbon in his 16-room mansion nearby, giving them such unfettered reign that he had trouble holding on to housekeepers. The home site is now an Elks Lodge."
