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A Christmas Story

 

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THE REAL FLICK !!!

Date: 08-17-2008
By: briz57

HI... I'M NEW ON HERE, BUT WANTED TO SHARE... THERE USED TO BE A BAR ON KENNEDY AV. JUST NORTH OF KENWOOD CALLED FLICKS.... I STOPPED IN THERE ONCE AND THERE WAS AN OLDER GUY IN THERE... HE WAS THE OWNER AND WAS IN HIS LATE 60s OR EARLY 70s... [THIS WAS IN 1990'] I STRUCK UP A CONVERSATION WITH HIM, AND CAME TO FIND OUT HE WAS "FLICK" FROM THE CHRISTMAS STORY FAME... I DID HAVE TO ASK HIM ABOUT THE FLAG POLE THING.... HE SAID WITH A STRAIGHT FACE "THAT SHEPHERD IS FULL OF S***" HE EXCLAIMED THAT MOST OF SHEP'S STORIES WERE SO EXAGGERATED. AND SAID THAT SHEPHERD WAS A GREAT STORY TELLER EVEN WHEN HE WAS YOUNG... 0
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