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<\/a><\/p>\nThe menu is impressive when fully folded out. It has “quotes” from various celebrities about the drinks, including: Bob Hope, Lana Turner, Rita Hayworth, Mickey Rooney, Lucille Ball and Bette Davis, among others.\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n
Apparently many people blatantly ripped off Sugie’s Tropics. There are at least three places who use his images and phrases, in Denver, Dayton and Hollywood.<\/p>\n
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3D breasts on this matchbook too, a Sugie “signature” idea.<\/p>\n
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Also has raised boobs on the match cover<\/p>\n
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Dayton Ohio Tropics<\/p>\n
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