Date:  Mon, 9 May 1994 16:41:37 -0500

From:  Lori H Wiggins <hardelm[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]MAIL.AUBURN.EDU>

Subject: case quarter



This is in response to the query about the case quarter. I was

interested to see that no one had mentioned any definition that was even

remotely related to what my knowledge of case quarter.



One day a young boy walked up to my husband in a parking lot and asked,

"Hey, you got a case quater I kin have?" My husband replied, "No."

After the boy walked away, I asked David what a case quarter was; he

seemed to know exactly what the boy was asking for. "You know, a case

quarter," he replied, "He means a quarter, but the term came from someone

taking a case quarter with them before leaving the house in case he/she/they

need(s) to make a phone call."



In case your wondering, he was serious.



Lori Wiggins

Auburn University