Saturday, February 20, 2021

The Saturday Picture Show, February 20, 2021

 


If you live in Hawaii or Pago Pago, you don't have these. They are salt boxes and they are located near hilly streets so that motorists can grab some salt or sand to throw down for traction on snowy icy streets. Baltimore has a campaign to allow local artists to repaint the wooden boxes with interesting designs. This one incorporates the city's colors and part of its flag design around the expression voiced by new mayor Brandon M. Scott, who dealt with a community organizer/provocateur named Duane "Shorty" Davis at a Covid-19 press conference by reminding him to wear his mask properly - over the nose and mouth. Perhaps they will change the city's official motto from "Birthplace of the Star-Spangled Banner" to "Shorty, Pull Ya Mask Up!"

The National Weather Service has determined the cause of the recent cold wave gripping the nation to be some fool leaving the freezer door open.
All right. Is this a man running INTO the woods or a dog running OUT?
Whoever lives at this house will probably receive a lot of fan mail once the decoration around their mailbox melts.
Europeans who love old cars have their own Enchanted Forest of Fords.
Of all the countries in the world, suddenly the United Arab Emirates comes up with the money to send a mission to Mars. Here's a vacation photo. Do you see the martians?
Here's an idea for a square lunch for people who work(ed) in cubicles.
I love Mr Peanut and everything about him...the cane...the monocle...the peanuts...
This is the famous scene in "A Christmas Story" where Scott Schwartz, the actor who played Flick, seems to get his tongue frozen to a flagpole on a cold December morning. But now it can be told: the there was a little hole in the pole, inside of which was a little hose connected to a vacuum pump, which grabbed his flapper just as securely without the risk of damage.

A cup of tea, a good book, a cozy chair, a friend: who needs anything more?

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