All my shells are already in the basement!  Hurrah!!!!! I get to keep them
all!
OK, I'll play fair.  I'll pretend that if I lived in Cincinnati my shells
wouldn't be in the basement - I'd pick Spondylus americanus (for bivalves),
a Pleurotomaria (which I admit I don't actually have, but it's in the mail
(for gastropods) and Nautilus pompilius (for Cephalopods).  My shell
collection is not as spectacular as most of you experienced collectors but I
know what I like to look at.
Nora Bryan
Calgary, Alberta
CANADA
 
Art Weil wrote:
 
> What I'd like you to do is this: Imagine that the siren has gone off and
> you have only a minute to get to safety. One of our Cincinnati tonados
> is coming. You can grab three shells and take them to the basement with
> you.  Which three will you grab? You don't even have to answer in
> public. Just think about it. Of course you may answer if you like.
> Remember: these are shells from YOUR collection---not ones you wish you
> had.
>         The Question Man