“Is it over? I’ve been hiding in here since something barged in and had a beef with the decorations.”
“No, I don’t know who it was, how would I? Ask Fluffy or Fido if they saw anything.”
My late sister-in-law had a Weimaraner when we met, and for some years after, who was very well trained in some ways but had a huge stubborn streak.
One of the subjects of her intense focus was paper…
In particular, magazines, paper trash, and toilet paper… seldom a book or the printer paper, for instance, or the newspaper….
but magazines had to be kept on high shelves, paper trash in lidded receptacles, and the bathroom door always closed.
She was obedient on a leash, obeyed most commands, would never touch food she was told to “leave”, or bother a shoe, but turn your back on a magazine and the chewed pages were spread over the floor.
…
What she would do with TP, if her people were out and she could break into the bathroom, was grab the loose end in her teeth and run through the house, unrolling it till it tore, or the roll was empty.
They would come home to a house that looked like it had been TP-ed as a prank, only on the inside.
She never looked guilty, only proud.
And no, it didn’t matter which way the roll turned.
Regarding the low depth of field, it is photographed with a very strong telephoto lens which results in seemingly compressing the distance between objects like those two rhinos.
No imminent danger for the photographer far, far away, either. 😉
Okay, we’ll run like crazed chinchillas over this way. The horses we’ll send in the opposite direction to cover our rear, so to speak. And the cows will stay here and hold down the fort. Go!!
I had not scrutinized the background as thoroughly as you, so I missed it. I’m guessing that can’t be the same product that we today associate with that name.
I do believe it is… But I didn’t know it was ever advertised for that purpose.
I do know that Coke was originally developed in an attempt to find a non-addictive substitute for the morphine its inventor wanted to stop using. The coca leaves were steeped in wine.
It didn’t work, but a non alcoholic formula soon followed, with kola leaves adding caffeine and flavor. It was marketed as a cure for nervousness and fatigue, but also all kinds of other unrelated diseases, and sold at drug store soda fountains as medicine, not just a beverage.
While it probably did nothing for baldness, it also did nothing for most of the rest either, so I wouldn’t be surprised to see yet another bogus claim.
….
This was a few years before the Pure Food and Drug Act started to regulate medicines in the US.
They sold the syrup to drug stores, where the pharmacists added the carbonated water and could put in whatever other ingredients they thought they could sell as cures.
You can still buy cola syrup in a lot of pharmacies, mostly as a cure for nausea. My aunt used to keep it on hand. It used to be Coca Cola brand but I’m not sure if it still is.
I found this link, which purports to have information about that photo. https://www.shorpy.com/node/27049 I cannot attest to the reliability of the source.
Stel researched that last night…..apparently it pretty much emptied
a small town in Alberta, Canada of its population (about 80 folks).
But why a comparatively little disaster in a remote part of the world (to NYC) would bring headline of that size on a newspaper is beyond me. Must have been a slow news day
Actually if you go further down the Shorpy article you will find more on the avalanche, in which “Americans on Mont Blanc Caught in Avalanche”
While the Frank Slide devastated a small mining town when half of Turtle Mountain came down upon the town, that happened on April 29 1903.
No – they are just stretching the truth.
“With real butter” doesn’t say how much…
I highly recommend “Murder must advertise” by Dorothy L. Sayers on that matter. She worked in that business before becoming a writer.
I love all the Lord Peter Wimsey books. There were 2 (I know of) published after her death by a different writer. They are not bad, but not canon either.
Seattle is one of many cities struggling to bring life back to their downtowns, after Covid took its toll. Pet Clark could provide the anthem for those efforts.
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“Is it over? I’ve been hiding in here since something barged in and had a beef with the decorations.”
“No, I don’t know who it was, how would I? Ask Fluffy or Fido if they saw anything.”
It looks like Buddys work.
Our former cat loved to do that to kitchen-paper rolls.
Our current one prefers the innermost part.
My late sister-in-law had a Weimaraner when we met, and for some years after, who was very well trained in some ways but had a huge stubborn streak.
One of the subjects of her intense focus was paper…
In particular, magazines, paper trash, and toilet paper… seldom a book or the printer paper, for instance, or the newspaper….
but magazines had to be kept on high shelves, paper trash in lidded receptacles, and the bathroom door always closed.
She was obedient on a leash, obeyed most commands, would never touch food she was told to “leave”, or bother a shoe, but turn your back on a magazine and the chewed pages were spread over the floor.
…
What she would do with TP, if her people were out and she could break into the bathroom, was grab the loose end in her teeth and run through the house, unrolling it till it tore, or the roll was empty.
They would come home to a house that looked like it had been TP-ed as a prank, only on the inside.
She never looked guilty, only proud.
And no, it didn’t matter which way the roll turned.
”how not to be seen”
You rang?
i knew you’d be the one who’d get it!
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Probably not the vantage point you want at that moment.
For a moment he had way too many legs.Then my eyes focused a little better.
Well, I still see too many legs…
That or what looks like a second rhino, but too close behind him to actually be another one.
It’s not a “ghost” of the front image because the legs are in different positions.
Am I just tired?
Regarding the low depth of field, it is photographed with a very strong telephoto lens which results in seemingly compressing the distance between objects like those two rhinos.
No imminent danger for the photographer far, far away, either. 😉
Ok, yeah… telephoto would explain it.
I hadn’t noticed the almost nonexistent depth of field, with only one beast and no background in focus.
i still see 2 rhinos!!!
And you are absolutely right.
exactly!
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“School’s Out ” By: John Falter for the “Saturday Evening Post” (Saturday, June 9, 1945).
Okay, we’ll run like crazed chinchillas over this way. The horses we’ll send in the opposite direction to cover our rear, so to speak. And the cows will stay here and hold down the fort. Go!!
Love your scenario!
NYC – 1903
Anybody else notice the “baldness prevention”?
I had not scrutinized the background as thoroughly as you, so I missed it. I’m guessing that can’t be the same product that we today associate with that name.
I do believe it is… But I didn’t know it was ever advertised for that purpose.
I do know that Coke was originally developed in an attempt to find a non-addictive substitute for the morphine its inventor wanted to stop using. The coca leaves were steeped in wine.
It didn’t work, but a non alcoholic formula soon followed, with kola leaves adding caffeine and flavor. It was marketed as a cure for nervousness and fatigue, but also all kinds of other unrelated diseases, and sold at drug store soda fountains as medicine, not just a beverage.
While it probably did nothing for baldness, it also did nothing for most of the rest either, so I wouldn’t be surprised to see yet another bogus claim.
….
This was a few years before the Pure Food and Drug Act started to regulate medicines in the US.
They sold the syrup to drug stores, where the pharmacists added the carbonated water and could put in whatever other ingredients they thought they could sell as cures.
You can still buy cola syrup in a lot of pharmacies, mostly as a cure for nausea. My aunt used to keep it on hand. It used to be Coca Cola brand but I’m not sure if it still is.
Leaves?
“Deez aw Kola nuts. Dey gwow here.”
Oops… of course I meant “nuts”.
Sorry.
Up-too-late brain-finger disconnect.
Quite true, Susan. Here’s another bit of trivia about it:
coke-dandruff-cure-1902
The newspaper headline is AVALANCHE. That would have to significantly narrow the time frame for this photo.
I found this link, which purports to have information about that photo. https://www.shorpy.com/node/27049 I cannot attest to the reliability of the source.
A great link!
Actually Shorpy provides illustrations to a lot of other sites, and I consider it fairly reliable.
Stel researched that last night…..apparently it pretty much emptied
a small town in Alberta, Canada of its population (about 80 folks).
But why a comparatively little disaster in a remote part of the world (to NYC) would bring headline of that size on a newspaper is beyond me.
Must have been a slow news day
Actually if you go further down the Shorpy article you will find more on the avalanche, in which “Americans on Mont Blanc Caught in Avalanche”
While the Frank Slide devastated a small mining town when half of Turtle Mountain came down upon the town, that happened on April 29 1903.
Thanks for pointing that out!.
Yes, and NO, it doesn’t!!! It doesn’t cure dandruff either (see the bottom of the sign). Sadly, this is from experience*.
*I never drank Coke for those expressed reasons, but I did drink Coke and have had dandruff and have lost a significant percentage of my hair.
lies in advertising are as old as advertising itself
No – they are just stretching the truth.
“With real butter” doesn’t say how much…
I highly recommend “Murder must advertise” by Dorothy L. Sayers on that matter. She worked in that business before becoming a writer.
I love all the Lord Peter Wimsey books. There were 2 (I know of) published after her death by a different writer. They are not bad, but not canon either.
why is that guy in front sucking his thumb?
He read the headlines on the paper and has gone to his happy place.
Ha Ha!
Is the fog falling or lifting? And how can you tell?
i rely on our weather on line to tell me that …
Lifting. It always lifts in the morning.
Clara has a point. If you live with other people – or Cleo – and you collapse in front of the TV, you will be found fairly soon.
she’d be found sooner if she collapses on top of the remote
hahahahaaaaa …
Funny!!
Judy is another lady that i will always listen to. Lovely voice.
Mine will be found in bed, half eaten by the beasts.
well, everybody’s got to eat
Seattle is one of many cities struggling to bring life back to their downtowns, after Covid took its toll. Pet Clark could provide the anthem for those efforts.
I always thought it was kind of funny that “Downtown” was her first huge hit, and became pretty much her signature song.
I’d had English friends, and they didn’t use the word “downtown”, considering it a peculiar Americanism.
cherry cheesecake
Clara seems more concerned with whether or not her dead body would be found, if she follows that video,
than with whether or not its use might cause her to become a dead body.
Focus, Clara… Focus!
Petula is great. When I was a kid I found the dancers on Dean Martin rather boring. I was smarter than I knew, they’re terrible!
i agree with you!
♥Dancing in the Moonlight♥