2017-10-09, 10:26 PM
(2017-09-19, 04:20 PM)jkmac Wrote: [ -> ]Now I remember!
George Bailey, in Mr Gower's pharmacy (chemist to you Brits)
Yes,,, I have scratched my chin over this one many times. I never got it.
You'll notice the there is a flame that lights when he releases the handle. Maybe some sort of parlor game that they had back then? Don't have a clue. I would love to find a person old enough to tell me what the heck is going on with that one.
It's a game that we used to play at the fairs and carnivals predominantly in the South US. There is a battery that alternates on and off and if you make a wish and the battery is in the On mode, the light is lit. As if the wish has been heard and answered.