One day the LAW swept down and confiscated every bit of food because someone had dropped a dime on them, claiming they were “food hoarding”.
"Local calls placed from public phone booths in the United States cost a nickel in most places until the early 1950s ..." - Wikipedia :)
“Local calls placed from public phone booths in the United States cost a nickel in most places until the early 1950s ...” - Wikipedia :)
Always a technocrat in the house! For all I know someone might have dropped by the law and reported him or even lifted the earphone receiver and twisted the handle, called the operator and asked to be dispatched to the local fed office.
Dropping a dime sounds better.