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From Whit Haydn's excellent Notes On Three-Card Monte:
"Canada Bill [the famous monte scammer] had to spend the night in Baton Rouge, and searched all over town until he finally found a Faro game in the back room of a barbershop. George Devol found him there and saw immediately that the dealer was cheating using a "two-card" (rigged) box. He begged Bill to quit the game. "Can't you see this game is crooked?" Devol asked. "Sure I know it, George," sighed Bill with resignation, "but it's the only game in town."
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Jonathan Townsend Eternal Order Ossining, NY 27297 Posts |
That story goes well with the first paragraph of "expert". Gotta admit the words passion, hazzard and play do a fine job of ... or is this about "perfect harmony with the usual procedure of the game"?
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That definitely crossed my mind too, and a lot of the Monte men spent time in the Illinois railroad hub, but best I can tell, death dates and such don't check out.
As to meaning, I was thinking more along the lines of the definition of insanity quote.
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Jonathan Townsend Eternal Order Ossining, NY 27297 Posts |
I like Whit's tales of the irrational.
* Insanity is... hmmm...maybe a good title? "Tales of the Irrational" * #WholeAboveWholeBelow ?
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