Early "wimp"

[Jim Parish]

Wilson Gray wrote:
> As a child, I thought that Fibber & Molly lived on a street named
> "Wiss Vo Vista." Of course, the street was actually named "Wistful
> Vista."

As opposed, I suppose, to "Whistful Vista", where they play a lot of bridge...

Jim Parish
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