Johnson Barr Wrote:
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> Stewart Rhine Wrote:
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> > I'd add Barney Google & Snuffy Smith
. .
> . that's
> > when JB wharn't listening to Fibber McGee on
> > the radio set.
>
>
AhYup. IIRC, Barney Google was the
> husband of the notorious Georgiana
> Condi-GoogleEyes who nearly single handed 'cept
> fer help from a couple o' crooked lawyers almost
> destroyed the Georgianatown Loop-de-Loop 'bout a
> decade 'n' a half ago. An' Snuffy Smith
> coined th' term "Flatland Touristers" to describe
> the same sort o' narry-gauge patrons we call
> "Daisy Pickers".
>
> > Back to the photo, I think the T-shirt slogan
> says
> > it well. Who can tell me what product the
> slogan
> > is talking about? The winner gets one
> free trip
> > on the Model T railcar.
>
>
> That'ud be a mighty fine offer, Stewart -
>
> But Ah live 'bout as fah away from Maine as I
> could in the U.S., 'cept maybe fer 'Laska or
> Hawai'i, so it'd be hard to accept even if Ah did
> win. Anyway, Ah'm a-thinkin' thet thar
> slogan has to do with a downeaster beverage o'
> some sort – maybe Moose Drool ale??
But, wait, Moose Drool Ale?? Naw, more like Ol Sheepscot Pale Ale ... gotta have Moxie ta drink it though!