RARA-AVIS: Re: New to the group but...

From: foxbrick ( foxbrick@yahoo.com)
Date: 28 Feb 2008


--- In rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com, "Gerry Adams" <gerry@...> wrote:
>
> ripe with questions. My first will end many sleepless nights,
pacing
> my office floor, and wearing the letters from my keyboard... from
where
> do I recall the quote(s) "lit a pair of camels" and "poured a double
> (shot) of scotch"
>
> This one goes back at least 30 years for me when I first read it.
Now
> I believe I have discovered its true meaning, but have no way to
verify
> it. Any patter will will do.

Nearly any hardboiled (or medium-boiled) story or novel of the last seventy-plus years...given I believe Camels have been sold at least that long...

Good luck in your search! Todd Mason



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