I always loved advertisements that made humanoid characters out of commercial products. And extra points for "Speedy," the Alka-Seltzer mascot, whose hat was an Alka-Seltzer tablet.
People in New Bedford, PA, are restoring the old Orpheum Theater. These classic old theaters can't be allowed to just disappear!
Mars stopped making the Mars bar in 2002, and I think it's because of a shortage of a vital ingredient. There's plenty of milk chocolate and almonds, but our national nougat reserves are tapped out. Once, giant vats of raw nougat dotted the landscape near where nougat grew wild. A pity.
We had a wild turkey up on our deck one day a few years ago, and the next day, a fox was up there, apparently sensing a turkey dinner. It's a tough world out there.
Charles Chaplin (r) met Albert Einstein in 1931, and Einstein said, “What I admire most about your art is its universality. You do not say a word, and yet the world understands you." “It's true,” replied Chaplin, "But your fame is even greater. The world admires you, when no one understands you."
Not that I could have done better, but this street mural saluting Kurt Cobain wound up looking for all the world like David Spade.
America was crazy about riding bicycles at about the time the American Playing Card company came into being, so that's why we call a deck of cards a pack of bicycles. It is almost impossible to draw a good hand at poker while riding a bike, though.
Just keep telling yourself there's no climate change going on as the snow piles up in Las Vegas.
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