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Play Meter

Issue: 1975 December - Vol 1 Num 12 - Page 57

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(b) mail a oliloquy to t he
manufacturer a nd hope the
postal authorities don't get you
on th pornography law , (c) put
a slipp ry lawyer on your
contract looking for loophole ,
(d) sharpen a hari-kari knife.
7. Which of the following
public di a ter bring out t he
hypocrite in you? (a) 18 inche of
drifted now, (b) a bu ing
talemate and delay, (c) a
prolonged teachers' stike, (d)
probably all of the above.
8. A cu tomer has just
dumped a full cup of ice over the
top of your Wizard and when
you arrive with a rag to clean up
he complain becau e he hasn't
won any game . What
tatement would be t fit the
occasion? (a) "Where would you
like me to put thi straw, sir?",
(b) "Morrie' Tavern ha a
Wizard ju t like this one--excep
his ain't dripping.", (c) "Some
people are too uncoordinated to
do two things at the arne
time.", (d) "Bleep, bleep, bleep,
and bleep bleep."
9. The mental picture you
en vi ion of your di tributor'
part and repair department is:
(a) two con men in a remote
Ala kan cabin erviced twice a
month by dog sled, (b) a friendly
guy on the phone who hangs up,
turn around to a table where
three other men sit and ay ,
'Til ee you and raise.", (c) two
illiterate escapee from the
tate mental hospital dashing
around grabbing as orted boxe
and wildly sticking postage
tamp on them, (d) divine and
inspired gentler11en of erene
countenance, pain taking
thoroughness, concerned
demeanor, and ab olutely
infallible.
10. Wh n a friend asks how
you tand all t hat noise, the
xperienced operator answers :
(a) "Huh? Whaddya ay?", (b)
"Mu ic to my ears.", (c) "What
noise?", (d) "It' the ound of
ilence that bother me."
PlAt' . - n i l
CORRECT ANSWERS
1. a, b, c, & d.
2. a -- truck drivers are very
romantic unlike distributor .
3. c -- it's the only thing that'll
mak you feel better.
4. d -- payola with a twist.
5. b
6. ( ) uifer in ilence. ( orry,
but I didn't want any perfect
core .)
7. d -- "Suffer the little
childr n to come unto Me .... "
8. d -- the best bleepin'
an wer.
9. Well, we all know which
an wer it ain't!
10. Silence is NOT golden!
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0 points -- Have you t hought
about working in a car wash?
10 points -- My dog scored 10
points u ing the magazine for
hou e-breaking.
20 points -- Did you once pass
a tavern that had a pinball
machine?
30 points -- Shot a few games
of pool.
40 points -- Burned your hand
with a soldering gun
occa ionally.
50 points -- Potential for
giving change in quarters.
60 points -- So you have a
ub cription to Play Meter?
70 points -- I don't believe that
you know Jules Millman
per onally.
80 points -- Played on the first
electric flipper game.
90 points -- Did you really
hake Willie Marconi's hand.
100 points -- Had the
conce ion for the cocktail tables
on the VonHindenberg, uh?
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and English teacher from Dubuque, Iowa,
who 's been an arcade operator-owner for
a year. Welu also writes a weekly column
for a county newspaper in Iowa.) ·
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