Cheating in 1936
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We lived across the street from a local grocer, and he was the "Master of The Thumb", but he sold really good meats. Mom caught him early on, and he never tried to cheat her after that.
Oct 27, 2023 11:38:35 #
pendennis wrote:
We lived across the street from a local grocer, and he was the "Master of The Thumb", but he sold really good meats. Mom caught him early on, and he never tried to cheat her after that.
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Oct 27, 2023 18:52:33 #
wrangler5
Loc: Missouri
bobbyjohn wrote:
Even in 1936, cheating was present.
It goes back a lot farther than 1936.
Oct 28, 2023 07:17:13 #
pendennis wrote:
We lived across the street from a local grocer, and he was the "Master of The Thumb", but he sold really good meats. Mom caught him early on, and he never tried to cheat her after that.
Is that when "Chuck Roast" was plentiful for a while?
Or "Thumb-less Jim, butcher" signs went up?
Just curious.
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Oct 29, 2023 19:53:48 #
rdemarco52 wrote:
Love this one. Norman Rockwell was the best.
I think this is a Leslie Thrasher illustration — not a Rockwell.
Oct 30, 2023 16:48:07 #
Photomono wrote:
I think this is a Leslie Thrasher illustration — not a Rockwell.
You are correctomundo! Even the name at the bottom right says Leslie Thrasher.
https://www.google.com/search?q=leslie+thrasher
BTW, in reading several of the above, it turns out that Leslie is a male, not female, as given by the pronouns in the articles found by Google. See, pronouns really ARE important to the English language. Can't change 'em without diluting the language.
Oct 30, 2023 19:59:29 #
bobbyjohn wrote:
Even in 1936, cheating was present.
This reminds my of many of the sketches by Norman Rockwell. Underhanded mis-givings were kinda the norm in many of his works as well.
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