Look that up in your Funk and Wagnall’s.
A hundred years ago, this is how you googled. The lady pictured here seems to be seeking the answer to…
Month: November 2020
The elephant in the room
Used to be a place you could bring your “significant other” and discuss that thing that neither of you cares…
Buyer beware or Lizzy Borden?
You can find some great deals at backwoods auctions, but of course you really have to examine the goods. I…
Fishing math!
Eddie sent this postcard back to his pals at Ideal Cleaners, maybe to gloat about being on vacation, although he…
Disrespecting Rosie the Riveter
I came into possession of some wartime correspondence. This fellow wrote to his girlfriend in November of 1942. Stationed in…
Go peddle your shoes somewhere else
Cole shoes was a supplier for door-to-door salesmen in the heyday of pavement-pounding. Their come-on in the opportunities magazine was…
Vote no on what now?
This old matchbook advocates voting NO on Proposition 5. I have no idea what proposition 5 is, but being a…
A blast from the past?
Here’s a blast from the past, and I don’t mean that in a good way. It’s an FBI ID… “Female…
Pepsi giveth, Pepsi taketh away.
I heard that Pepsi came out with a special seasonal flavor, Apple Pie Pepsi. They say it “mimics the texture…
Grandkids from the city?
These goofy city kids think you get milk by cranking the cow’s tail. They are probably hoping to get chocolate…
