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…Jimmy the Greek is a genius…he can tell you exackly why a team is going to win by seven points and when the game is over he can tell you exackly why it lost by twenty-one…

Monroe D. Underwood

Wallace said I was reading in the morning paper about that Radish River town.

He said seems they had a little trouble down there last night.

I said Wallace the mind boggles.

Wallace said some gorilla derailed a freight train.

He said the paper had an article on one of their football players.

I said Zanzibar McStrangle?

Wallace said yeah out of Barnum-Bailey.

I said what about him?

Wallace said he’s going to be in the Super Bowl next year.

I said doing what?

I said eating footballs?

Wallace said he’s going to play the whole damn National Football League.

I shrugged.

I said what’s the spread?

Wallace said if you go with McStrangle you got to give thirteen points.