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First Basketball Games

First basketballs were discarded peach baskets With their full bottoms in them Soccer balls were used Officials had this dubious job Had to climb a ladder to remove the ball After each basket Figured a woman with a laundry basket With a big hole in the bottom Was the first one to think of tearing the bottom out of peach baskets

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Date: 5/23/2022 8:45:00 PM
I hear they used to have double-headers, which were actually two-basket games. ~ Double Loader
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Caren Krutsinger
Date: 5/24/2022 6:39:00 AM
I love thinking about this!
Date: 5/22/2022 10:07:00 AM
Wow, I didn't know this. Is this true, or did you just make it up? It took a woman, of course, to solve the quandary.
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Caren Krutsinger
Date: 5/23/2022 2:09:00 AM
Trixie is miffed that you think I made it up. Most of it is true. She threw in the part about the woman. Trixie wants FULL CREDIT Hank.

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