Re: OT: Junk/Dim S(ui)m

At 11:57 AM 9/15/03 -0400, you wrote:
>John queries:
>
>>That reminds me that I saw a mysterious sign on a Catholic church
>>today:  CHINESE AUCTION TODAY, ADMISSION $3.  What on earth is that?
>
>As I recall, it's sort of a combination of an auction and a raffle.
>Your $3 at the door buys X amount of tickets. But unlike purebred
>raffle tickets, where you'd get X amount of chances at one prize
>(say, a television), you can "bid" on the prizes displayed that
>you're interested in (more often than not chotchkies, but not always)
>by placing one or more tickets in a basket next to said prize which
>is later drawn from, like your regular raffle.
What are chotchkies?

Isidora

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