Photo of the Day

Photo of the Day

Photo of the Day

No. 477

Brenda Elthon's avatar
Brenda Elthon
Dec 02, 2023
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fifteen minutes of fame…

Celia and Ed Cooney were broke and expecting a baby, and they needed bedroom furniture and a dinette set.

So, Celia put on a fancy dress and fur coat and went to a Brooklyn A&P with a little gun in her pocket.

When she got there, she asked the clerk for a dozen eggs.

And when the clerk handed them to her, Celia pulled out the gun an…

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