Re: "Tossing dwarfs"
Posted by Bob on January
22, 2000
In Reply to: "Tossing dwarfs" posted by
Patty on January 22, 2000
: My husband just mentioned he'd read something where the writer
used the expression "tossing dwarfs" or "tossing dwarves"....anyone
know what that one means?? : Thanks.... Patty It was an actual amusement here in Chicago a decade or two back.
At a tavern (later several taverns) in the 900 block of W. Grand,
teams of semi-sober participants held a blanket by the edges and
tossed a dwarf (hence the name....) Whether the object was distance
or accuracy I can't remember, but I do remember the indignant city
fathers mobilizing for action (the Chicago City Council can sometimes
work with remarkable speed, even when not bribed) and passed an
ordinance that forbid the practice. (That is, and ordinance that
forbid the use of dwarves as ordinance.) I also remember the plaintive
objection of one of the tossees, who claimed he was being deprived
of his god-given right to be tossed for money. Quite a bit of money
in his estimation. Thus chastised, pub crawlers turned to other
fads, and we closed that chapter.
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