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How Joe Frisco Figured Debts

great stuttering comedian, was also a He had an original method of figuring some dough. He saw a well-known movie star who was an old friend, and he approached the box where the star sat with a group of friends. The following conversation fol_ lowed:

One day he went broke at the Santa Anita race track and looked around for someone he knew he might touch foi

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"Hi, Jimmie."

"IIi, Joe."

"Jimmie, how about letting me go with that hundred you owe me?"

"Joe, do I owe you a hundred?"

"Jimmie, you sure do.',

"'Well, Joe, if I owe you I'm certainly going to pay you, but tell me, what do I owe you a hundred for?"

"Jimmie," said Joe, without even cracking a smile, .,you remember the last time I saw you here at the track I put the arm on you for two-hundred?"

"I remember," said Jimmie.

"Well," said Frisco, ..YO]U ONLY LET ME HAVE ONE-HUNDRED.''

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