I was going to send my response off list to patrick but then thought,
well, maybe there is a thread of psychology in here someplace......
Patrick:
we used to go to the local funeral home and were willing to "pay" for
the card by going up to say a brief Hail Mary in front of the
"corpse-du-jour" just so we could pick up a holy card on the way
out--especially prized were those with gilded rims :-)
We then 'traded' these pretty much like those cards included in bubble
gum packs!
annette
On Thu, 1 Mar 2001, Patrick Cabe wrote:
> What kind of bubble gum did those come out of???
>
> > Paul, not only that, but he was white (caucasian), and I can prove
> > it with all those holy cards I collected in the 1950's, where He is
> > dishwater blond and blue eyed!!!
> > annnette
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