Magic Gutter Edit Meaning

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A convenient cover all excuse for the imaginary repository of shiny, neat, and otherwise cool things that you normally could not have through our own means...

When my twin brother and I grew up we had sticky little fingers, so when we would arrive back at our house and Mom would ask where we found such a shiny object, or whatever, we would invariably explain; "Mom, we found it in the gutter", which she ended up terming the 'Magic Gutter'...

See filch, steal, theft, free, gutter, magic, cheese