The Author's Hangout Vending Machine

drksideofthemoon said:

Hmmm....I thought a gat was a piece...

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TE999 said:

And you get back a slinky gun moll.

I put in a smoking 'gat'.

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glynndah said:

And get a knife in the back.

I put in a whistling lesson.

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TE999 said:

And you get back a prissy Belgian.

I put in a sleepy English village.

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glynndah said:

And get a ticket to ride the Orient Express.

I put in a dame in tears.

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TE999 said:

And you get back an unlikely suspect.

I put in a locked room murder.

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TE999 said:

It's also a 'rod' and not the kind we write about either (LOL).

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glynndah said:

And get back an inscrutable Oriental.

I put in a double indemnity insurance policy.

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drksideofthemoon said:

And neither are the "dicks"

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TE999 said:

And you get back a zebra-striped hearse.

I put in a bungling police inspector.

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glynndah said:

And get back a diamond with a flaw.

I put in two strangers on a train.

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TE999 said:

And you get back a man afraid of heights.

I put in a glass key.

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glynndah said:

And get a hurricane warning for a small island off the coast of Florida.

I put in an escape from a chain gang.

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TE999 said:

And you get back a drowning pool.

I put in a nosy old spinster.

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glynndah said:

And get back a man in a deer stalker cap.

I put in a third man.

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TE999 said:

And you get back a concrete blonde.

I put in a Black Mask.

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glynndah said:

And get back a Shadow of a Doubt.

I put in a wheelchair and a pair of binoculars.

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TE999 said:

And you get back a thin man.

I put in an asian criminal mastermind.

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glynndah said:

And get murder, my sweet.

I put in a long kiss goodbye.

(I'm going to be spending Saturday afternoon with popcorn and the old movies I've been saving for just such an occasion.)

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TE999 said:

And you get back a Lone Wolf.

(Film noir and Orville R. Can't beat that combo.)

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glynndah said:

I put in a farewell, my lovely.

Yes, I've got The Shadow, Mr. Moto and The Third Man all ready to go tomorrow. I'd better check the popcorn supply. And I'll dig up all those Raymond Chandler's and reread them, too.

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TE999 said:

Have a good sleep.

Not The Big Sleep!

Nighty night.

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glynndah said:

And a kiss before dying. (long, long before)

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TheEarl said:

And the machine steals that kiss before dying and gives you a smack around the face with a wet fish.

I put in a chocolate biscuit.

The Earl

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Fallenfromgrace said:

And you get back a jar of hunny

I put in y'day's boxers

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