AN ANALYSIS
There is probably no indoor game involving more inquests after it has been played than that of dominoes, though this statement may be qualified since the boom in bridge, says the ! "Manchester Guardian." However, in a certain Lancashire taproom two partners who had just played and been beaten in a foursome were announcing i what, should have happened pretty forcibly. One submitted that, with the dominoes at their command, they should have won, and he was endeavouring to prove so much in no uncertain terms. The other was resisting j as vociferously. "Tha cawf-y x ed," uttered the first. "What the hangsman made thi go down wi' thi four-one?" "Well, and what should Ah ha' gone down wi'?" the second roared back. His late partner looked at him for a moment and then shook his head. "T* Titanic," he announced resigned-
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Evening Post, Volume CXXVI, Issue 46, 23 August 1938, Page 4
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143AN ANALYSIS Evening Post, Volume CXXVI, Issue 46, 23 August 1938, Page 4
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