Do you know?. Why did she sell seashells down by the sea, when you could just pick them up for free.at the sea???

[debm55]

[cayugafalls]

1. Supply and demand. She gathered all the shells, then sold them because they were hard to find.

Capitalism.

[debm55]

2. Thank you cayugafalls. that is one way of looking at it. But I am throwing my money away.

[justaprogressive]

3. because the seashells she sold

all said :

Welcome to Coral Gables FL.!

[debm55]

4. HAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAH. Thank you justaprogressive.

[justaprogressive]

5. trying to keep my spirits up

[debm55]

8. Me too. Remember justaprogressive, you are loved.

[ProfessorGAC]

6. She Had REALLY Nice Seashells

Just a wild guess.

[debm55]

7. HAHAHHAHHHAHHAHAHHA. Thank you ProfessorGAC

[justaprogressive]

9. You need to swim

to get deep-water conchs! I took two from about 30ft down.

[debm55]

10. Now those I buy, Thank you the information. I thought they washed on the beach. Thanks justaprogressive.

[ProfessorGAC]

11. I Bought One As A Kid

Not sure I bought it from "she" though.
It had the tip ground off so I could do the shell trumpet thing.
It probably went in the estate sale when my mom died.
But, it was a cool thing when i was 12 or 23!

[debm55]

12. My didn't have the tip ground off. I couldn't use a trumpet, just decorations. I still have it in the family room. Thank

you. ProfessorGAC. I bought it at a souvenir stand in the Bahamas .

[Solly Mack]

13. She did it for the same reason Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.

[debm55]

14. HAHAHAHAHAHH. I already used that one here in the Lounge. Thanks Solly Mack.

[Solly Mack]

15. Does the woodchuck know?

[debm55]

16. HAHAHHAHAH Woodchuck had his own thread. Thank you Solly Mack.

[Solly Mack]

17. Your tongue must be exhausted. :)

[OilemFirchen]

18. Start here:

Shell Oil Company history

In 1833, Marcus Samuel decided to expand his London business. He already sold antiques but decided to try selling oriental seashells as well, capitalising on their popularity in the interior design industry at that time. The demand was so great that he began importing the shells from the Far East, laying the foundations for an import-export business that would ultimately become one of the world’s leading energy companies.

When Marcus Samuel senior died in 1870 he passed the business on to his two sons, Marcus junior and Samuel, who began to expand it. In the 1880s they became particularly interested in the oil exporting business but shipping still posed a problem as oil was carried in barrels which could leak and took up a lot of space. To solve the problem, they commissioned a fleet of steamers to carry oil in bulk, including the Murex which, in 1892, became the first oil tanker to pass through the Suez Canal.

... more of what you'd expect at the link, but no answer as to what happened to Samuel Samuel...

[debm55]

19. Very interesting. Thank you OilemFirchen.