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To: mass55th

W.C. Fields had a fear of being stuck in a town and having no money. So put money in many different banks in many different cities. But he rarely used his real name. Instead he used aliases:

Cholmonley Frampton-Blythe, Aristotle Hoop, Ludovic Fishpond, Figley E. Whitesides, Sneed Hearn, Aloysius Mergatroid-Hamms, etc.

So perhaps in some small town somewhere, there’s an account with Aristotle Hoop’s name on it - money just waiting to be claimed.


34 posted on 05/19/2024 7:45:11 PM PDT by Leaning Right (The steal is real.)
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To: Leaning Right
"But he rarely used his real name. Instead he used aliases."

Now that's an interesting bit of information that I didn't know. He was as good at making up names as the Three Stooges were. My favorite is the name of their law firm: Dewey, Cheatum, and Howe.

35 posted on 05/19/2024 7:51:28 PM PDT by mass55th (“Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway.” ― John Wayne)
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