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Four Jacks

That was something unexplained that I saw: Paul Newman was playing poker against Robert Shaw. Robert Shaw had four nines, and was happy to stand. How did Paul Newman get four jacks in his hand? From the 1973 film “The Sting”

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Andrea Dietrich

Date: 1/29/2012 5:04:00 PM

I got in gummy bears and worms. hahaha. But no room for the wonderful cola bottles. I LOVE those and the coca cola bottle caps as well. THere were at least 20 other candies I could think of but I had to keep reducing my poem because it would not fit in the space. Apparently after 40 lines, you can't get up anything longer than that!

Nette Onclaud

Date: 1/29/2012 11:11:00 AM

love this movie.. found it on DVD and the team-up of redford/ newman was fasntastic; so is this piece... smashin', robert!.. winning or gambling(lol) huggles!:)

Poet Destroyer A

Date: 1/28/2012 10:51:00 PM

Robert,,, always... how did he indeed..pd

Cyndi Macmillan

Date: 1/28/2012 9:40:00 PM

COOL! Hey, I really enjoyed the poem, not just because of the content (good description) but because of the great flow Smiles from CYndi I see this winning!

Andrea Dietrich

Date: 1/28/2012 7:56:00 PM

I barely remember that movie, but I just recall that it was REALLY good. Didn't it win an Oscar or something? Hope you got my soupmail, Robert. Glad to see you posting more cleihew!