The Atoz Game (Part 2)

Objects to which mystical, magical, esoteric or occult properties are attributed

Amulet
Birthstone
Coral
Dead bodies
Eagle feathers
Frankincense
Gemstones
Horcrux
Incantation bowl
Jellyfish
Keys
Ladybugs
Mummies
Nazca lines
Ouija board
Pendant
Queen of Hearts card
Rabbit’s foot
Silver shoes
Tarot cards
Underwear
Violets
Wolfsbane
Xantham gum infused with garlic

Can you explain this? Googling only turned up recipes. I ask because I regularly use xanthan(nitpick: note spelling) gum as a low-carb thickener for gravies, which frequently contain garlic. I don’t want to inadvertently summon Demons From Hell into my kitchen. :slight_smile:

Objects to which mystical, magical, esoteric or occult properties are attributed

Amulet
Birthstone
Coral
Dead bodies
Eagle feathers
Frankincense
Gemstones
Horcrux
Incantation bowl
Jellyfish
Keys
Ladybugs
Mummies
Nazca lines
Ouija board
Pendant
Queen of Hearts card
Rabbit’s foot
Silver shoes
Tarot cards
Underwear
Violets
Wolfsbane
Xantham gum infused with garlic
Yarrow

Objects to which mystical, magical, esoteric or occult properties are attributed

Amulet
Birthstone
Coral
Dead bodies
Eagle feathers
Frankincense
Gemstones
Horcrux
Incantation bowl
Jellyfish
Keys
Ladybugs
Mummies
Nazca lines
Ouija board
Pendant
Queen of Hearts card
Rabbit’s foot
Silver shoes
Tarot cards
Underwear
Violets
Wolfsbane
Xantham gum infused with garlic
Yarrow
Zuni fetishes

Thieves, con-men, thugs, and scalawags, real and fictional

Arsène Lupin

Gentleman thief created by French novelist Maurice Leblanc

Thieves, con-men, thugs, and scalawags, real and fictional

Arsène Lupin
Bernie Madoff

Thieves, con-men, thugs, and scalawags, real and fictional

Arsène Lupin
Bernie Madoff
Clyde Barrow

Bonnie’s boyfriend

Thieves, con-men, thugs, and scalawags, real and fictional

Arsène Lupin
Bernie Madoff
Clyde Barrow
Donald Trump

Thieves, con-men, thugs, and scalawags, real and fictional

Arsène Lupin
Bernie Madoff
Clyde Barrow
Donald Trump
Ernst Blofeld

Thieves, con-men, thugs, and scalawags, real and fictional

Arsène Lupin
Bernie Madoff
Clyde Barrow
Donald Trump
Ernst Blofeld
Frank Nitti

Thieves, con-men, thugs, and scalawags, real and fictional

Arsène Lupin
Bernie Madoff
Clyde Barrow
Donald Trump
Ernst Blofeld
Frank Nitti
George “Machine Gun” Kelly

Thieves, con-men, thugs, and scalawags, real and fictional

Arsène Lupin
Bernie Madoff
Clyde Barrow
Donald Trump
Ernst Blofeld
Frank Nitti
George “Machine Gun” Kelly
Huey P Long

Thieves, con-men, thugs, and scalawags, real and fictional

Arsène Lupin
Bernie Madoff
Clyde Barrow
Donald Trump
Ernst Blofeld
Frank Nitti
George “Machine Gun” Kelly
Huey P. Long
Ignatius J. Reilly

My favorite story about Huey Long is that FDR once invited him to Hyde Park for lunch to take his measure. The President’s mother, seated just down the table a bit, asked another guest in a loud stage whisper, “Who is that awful man?”

Thieves, con-men, thugs, and scalawags, real and fictional

Arsène Lupin
Bernie Madoff
Clyde Barrow
Donald Trump
Ernst Blofeld
Frank Nitti
George “Machine Gun” Kelly
Huey P. Long
Ignatius J. Reilly
John Dillinger

Thieves, con-men, thugs, and scalawags, real and fictional

Arsène Lupin
Bernie Madoff
Clyde Barrow
Donald Trump
Ernst Blofeld
Frank Nitti
George “Machine Gun” Kelly
Huey P. Long
Ignatius J. Reilly
John Dillinger
Karl Rove

Politically, anyway….

Thieves, con-men, thugs, and scalawags, real and fictional

Arsène Lupin
Bernie Madoff
Clyde Barrow
Donald Trump
Ernst Blofeld
Frank Nitti
George “Machine Gun” Kelly
Huey P. Long
Ignatius J. Reilly
John Dillinger
Karl Rove
Luca Brasi

Thieves, con-men, thugs, and scalawags, real and fictional

Arsène Lupin
Bernie Madoff
Clyde Barrow
Donald Trump
Ernst Blofeld
Frank Nitti
George “Machine Gun” Kelly
Huey P. Long
Ignatius J. Reilly
John Dillinger
Karl Rove
Luca Brasi
Mack the Knife

Thieves, con-men, thugs, and scalawags, real and fictional

Arsène Lupin
Bernie Madoff
Clyde Barrow
Donald Trump
Ernst Blofeld
Frank Nitti
George “Machine Gun” Kelly
Huey P. Long
Ignatius J. Reilly
John Dillinger
Karl Rove
Luca Brasi
Mack the Knife
Nathan Detroit

Thieves, con-men, thugs, and scalawags, real and fictional

Arsène Lupin
Bernie Madoff
Clyde Barrow
Donald Trump
Ernst Blofeld
Frank Nitti
George “Machine Gun” Kelly
Huey P. Long
Ignatius J. Reilly
John Dillinger
Karl Rove
Luca Brasi
Mack the Knife
Nathan Detroit
Omarosa Manigault

Thieves, con-men, thugs, and scalawags, real and fictional

Arsène Lupin
Bernie Madoff
Clyde Barrow
Donald Trump
Ernst Blofeld
Frank Nitti
George “Machine Gun” Kelly
Huey P. Long
Ignatius J. Reilly
John Dillinger
Karl Rove
Luca Brasi
Mack the Knife
Nathan Detroit
Pretty Boy Floyd

Thieves, con-men, thugs, and scalawags, real and fictional

Arsène Lupin
Bernie Madoff
Clyde Barrow
Donald Trump
Ernst Blofeld
Frank Nitti
George “Machine Gun” Kelly
Huey P. Long
Ignatius J. Reilly
John Dillinger
Karl Rove
Luca Brasi
Mack the Knife
Nathan Detroit
Pretty Boy Floyd
Quinn, Harley (Quinzel, Harleen Frances)