Bob Welbaum
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16. HYPOTHETICALLY: it is Thanksgiving and your favorite thimble requests the last turkey drumstick. Do you...?
Give thimble drumstick, Share drumstick, Pass the carrots
17. HYPOTHETICALLY: you leave for work and your thimbles are lonely. Do you...?
Leave the radio playing, Bring them with you, Skip work, Pay a thimblesitter
18. HYPOTHETICALLY: one of your young thimbles has been bad. Do you...?
Mildly reprimand; Spare the rod, spoil the thimble; Spank
19. HYPOTHETICALLY: it is Saturday morning, no work. Do you...?
Let your thimbles sleep late, Wake them, Serve breakfast in bed
20. HYPOTHETICALLY: one of your thimbles runs away from home. Who do you call?
Police, Thimbletter, FBI, All of the above
21. Have you ever pledged allegiance to a thimble? Or belonged to an organization that advocated a utopian thimble-oriented society?
Yes, No, Only desired to
Note: If you have answered any question past #10, you are sick and need to seek professional counseling or related assistance. Check your local Yellow Pages under “P�? for psychiatry... and please do not return this questionnaire to me... I’m working on the next issue...
Copyright 1992 by The Thimbletter, used with permission.
Postscript: Unfortunately, thimbles were not one of the 52 categories in Tomart’s Price Guide to Garage Sale Gold. Mrs. Crosby retired from publishing The Thimbletter in 2000 after 23 years. However, she reports thimble collecting is still going strong, with a convention planned for this August in Danvers, Massachusetts. No word on how many thimbles are expected to attend alone.
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-- Bob Welbaum
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Bob has been associated with Tomart Publications for the past thirteen years, and is currently Managing Editor of Tomart’s DISNEYANA Update magazine.
-- April 28, 2004