Mr. Joss fell in love with cricket and still has a stash of "Cricket for Americans," a book that explains the game in baseball terms, which he gives to friends.
Ms. Robles also keeps a stash of extra clothing for needy families, and runs drives in the courthouse for school supplies and winter coats.
They had a stash of spare wings for mourners wishing to adjust to the prearranged theme.
But the quirkiest decoration of all was the front section of an old Mini that I found poking out of the wall near the lounge, which doubles as a store cupboard for a stash of board games.
Adapted from Patrick Hamilton's play, it stars Anton Walbrook as the murderer trying to drive innocent wife Diana Wynyard insane while he searches for a stash of rubies.
There are always trash bags in my car trunk for a stash of seaweed, nicely rinsed of excess salt by winter rains.
Even a big arrest for a stash of, say, 20 bikes is unlikely to result in a custodial sentence, and it's clear that the punishment doesn't fit the crime, although the taskforce would like to see more done.
We had hoped for a stash of morels, but it had been too dry the week before, so we settled for examining old shelf or crust mushrooms, which are not poisonous, usually not edible, but often photogenic.
Even a temporary drop in oil prices would constrain Mr. Putin's ability to pay off his enemies: experts at the Russian School of Economics predict that the country's oil wealth fund, a stash of petrodollars reserved for times of need, would be depleted if prices fell to $60 a barrel for just one year.
But at some point he must have come across a stash of Ali tapes, for he has learned all the master's mannerisms: he drops his hands while backpedaling, daring his opponent to hit him; effortlessly slips a punch just by leaning backward and letting it zip past his ear; and every now and then gives a little shoulder juke.
It was the way, when they walked in, Gotti said "make yourself comfortable" and meant it, the way he knew all their names and often added "sweetheart" or "my love," the way he always kept a stash of Tootsie Pops for the children.
