Numbah Puuleese...

Noble thoughts Dept:
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Headline:
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...................SALVATION ARMY
...............DONATES FREE CALLS
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......The Salvation Army is encouraging all
......homeless .people to call .home to their
......Mothers, free of charge, for the next 4
......weekends this summer.
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......Three .telephones will be reserved for
......the free calls between 7 and 10 p.m. at
......4114 W. 23rd street, 0n the sixth floor
......of the main building.
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......A prayer meeting will be held...
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Editor's Comments:
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Now this article may not seem to make much sense on the face of it, but I will give plenty of dollars to pesos that the lines will be long.

How so? you say...

Let's just you and I pretend that we're listening in on the QT and we'll see how some of these freebie calls are gonna' go...

1. ..Hello Ma? Put me down for a five-spot on Get It Back to place in
.....the 5th.at Pimlico Ma...
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2. .Hello Ma? This is Bill Joe; how ya doin' Ma? ... yes Ma, Bill Joe...
.....Bill Joe Freebus. .Ma?... hello, .Ma? .Ma? .Hellohellohello, Ma?...
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3. .Hello Ma? Hello... oh hello... is this the pay phone at the corner
.....of One Way--->.and Don't Walk? ... It is? ....Is my Ma there?
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4. .Hello Ma? .This is Bill Joe Ma... yes Ma, I'm fine. .Do you still get
.....out next.month Ma?
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5. .No operator, I don't have the address...
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6. .Hello Ma? .Ma? .Who is this!!??
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7. .Ring...riing...riiing...click!...and there's another quarter for Mogen
.-...David ...... Hi there - I'm here to make the free phone call home to
...-.my Ma. .No... No I didn't just make my free call... really.
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8. .Yes operator, my home phone is 1-900-843-5733...
       really... yes. it IS ...honest injun operator...
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9. .Hello Ma? ... She's WHERE?
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10.Hello Ma?.This is Bill Joe. I just wanted to - Yes Ma I brush every
.....day Ma... yes Ma, yes; I am wearing clean underwear Ma...
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11..Hello Ma? .You sound like you have a cold Ma... oh ... hello Pa.
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12. Hello Ma? It's Bill Joe Ma... I just want... I know it is Ma... I know...
.0..Don't worry about how I got your number, OK Ma? .Ma?? .Ma??
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13. Hello Ma? .This is Bill Joe Ma. .Ma? .Ma?... Ma... I know you're
0.0there Ma... C'mon Ma, I heard you say "hello"...

There! .See what I mean?
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What? .You don't think so??
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Wanna bet? ...OK then - we'll see about that right now, smart-alek!!
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... ummm... errrr... uhhhh...
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You got a quarter?