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Chicago-Boston Stanley Cup Wagers
BOSTON WAGERS:
Mixed-media collage of rust flakes and flattened traffic cones from Tobin Bridge
Selection of full- and queen-size mattresses repurposed as temporary pothole fillers
Set of flaming radial tires from Fung Wah bus
Hall tree enhatted with baker’s dozen of Jamaica Plain trilbys
Your choice of Wahlbergs (limit 7)
Complete eight-color set of Sharpies fished out of Allston rock club urinals
Coupon for 10 free B-line gropings
Commemorative crystal bowl of grit used as prop in last nine Boston movies
Complimentary fitting for a pair of Massachusetts State Police jodhpurs
Darting tour of Route 1 in Saugus
U-Haul truck previously wedged beneath Storrow Drive bridge. Runs good.
CHICAGO WAGERS:
1 box assorted Montrose beach alewives and sand
Gently used Back of the Yards hypodermic needles
Milk crate from the shoulder of the Eisenhower Expressway (near Austin Ave.)
One quart Horween Leather Tannery Effluent
One bushel discarded Gino’s East pizza crusts
Bag of assorted Brown Line El seat-and-floor chewing-gum scrapings
Pothole fragments (Courtesy Chicago Streets and Sanitation)
Three live jumping carp (not for release into area waterways)
Chicago River Tour hosted by Dave Mathews Band
Private Oak Street Beach party (week of Jan. 26, 2014)
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(Cross-posted at Cheeze Blog)