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rzemanfl

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17. I believe I have found the definitive answer to your question!

Reply to yellowcanine (Original post)

Wed Dec 17, 2025, 01:39 PM

Dec 17

On the very first page of Chapter One of The Case of the Green-Eyed Sister (1953) Della Street tells Perry Mason this about the client in the waiting room: "I think she'd cut your heart out for thirty-seven cents...." Roy Cohn probably fell upon this between sessions with Joe McCarthy, must have passed it on to TSF"s father and it became a thing. Odd that I would start reading Erle Stanley Gardner's 72- year-old book on my Kindle today. No?

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Why is Trump obsessed with the number 37? [View all] yellowcanine Dec 15 OP

Because 34 would remind him of his felony convictions? rzemanfl Dec 15 #1

Okay, you won the thread! PatSeg Dec 15 #10

Convicted of 34 felonies plus maybe 3 he got away with. 2MuchNoise Dec 15 #2

His approval rating? 2MuchNoise Dec 15 #3

i'm not an expert in nazi numerology rampartd Dec 15 #4

He can't get anything right. Bmoboy Dec 15 #5

It's the number of functioning brain cells in his head? Jerry2144 Dec 15 #6

Because he has a hard-on for the 37th president, Richard Nixon? RedWhiteBlueIsRacist Dec 15 #7

Chances are he heard that number mentioned in a conversation related to a topic far beyond his ability to comprehend... EarthFirst Dec 15 #8

Because 7 ate 9. Xavier Breath Dec 15 #9

Just looked it up. Nazis used the 88mm big gun in WWII. Prairie_Seagull Dec 15 #11

In April it was 30 Celerity Dec 15 #12

Why not 6-7? He's childish enough. Ocelot II Dec 15 #13

Maybe it's because 40 has biblical connotations. rsdsharp Dec 15 #14

I read about this years ago canetoad Dec 15 #15

Because he secretly idolizes Casey Stengel Jersey Devil Dec 15 #16

See my post below. rzemanfl Dec 17 #18

I believe I have found the definitive answer to your question! rzemanfl Dec 17 #17