I hardly know how to break this to you, but we are all grown-ups here, and we can get through it together. (Would anyone who is not grown up…no, skip it. I can’t afford to lose that much of my audience.) Once upon a time, a man named Kermit Shafer published a lineContinue reading “Late-Breaking News”
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Fiction Supplement: Trick Support
It took Tannol a moment to realize that the staircase which had suddenly appeared would be a perfect defense against enemies with wheel barrows. “No!” For the third time since crawling into the ancient burial mound, he slapped the wand against his palm. The thin wooden rod creaked but of course could not break. TuckingContinue reading “Fiction Supplement: Trick Support”
More Research Needed
It has been a while since we considered postcard gags helped by historical background, and as I have recently been stumped by a couple, I figured it was time to bring up the matter again. Spoiler Alert: for once, I think I have no postcards to show you which are based on Bert WilliamsContinue reading “More Research Needed”
Astigmatism Stigmatism
So, in considering the role played in postcard cartoons by people who wear glasses, we have found them to be largely slow-moving, slow-thinking characters whose job it is, in the main, to be stunned by the punchline. Look at this English example. He clearly is not one of the folks who work at theContinue reading “Astigmatism Stigmatism”
Rose-Colored?
As we have considered the monocle, the lorgnette, and the pince nez, I suppose we should get around to plain old everyday eyeglasses. Spectacles, you might say. Cheaters, as once they were known. As someone who has worn glasses for, oh, a good twenty years (I know 1963 was a while back, butContinue reading “Rose-Colored?”
Looking Glasses
Whilst checking through my inventory for postcards showing monocles, I observed that there have been several ways of holding lenses up to one’s face. Ordinary glasses or spectacles spread the burden between ears and nose, while the monocle is held in place with the muscles of the face. But there have been other alternatives.Continue reading “Looking Glasses”
Plant Thou No Roses
Meredith sat up and cursed. When WOULD he remember to push back the lid of the casket first? Once the obstruction had been pushed aside, he stretched his arms and sighed. This was, of course, only his second day in the tomb. There would be time to work out the details. LastContinue reading “Plant Thou No Roses”
Cute Overdose
Now, in nature, children and small animals are not necessarily the best of friends. It depends a lot on that first encounter. Are they going to be in competition or cahoots? Sometimes likes repel, after all. But the world of postcards and the world of what we consider reality both see thatContinue reading “Cute Overdose”
Looking Glass
So, once upon a time, somebody came up with these discs of glass which could be used to focus the sun’s rays into a burning point. THEN someone realized they could be used to make small things look bigger, and, over the years, loupes and telescopes and microscopes and binoculars came to be. SomewhereContinue reading “Looking Glass”
What’s In a Wink?
I frankly regarded them with deep suspicion, and I still wonder at the sheer nerve of the hot lunch ladies in preparing such a dangerous dish. And the fact that, for the only time in my life, I was wondered to sit there until I ate that, I never did make my peace withContinue reading “What’s In a Wink?”
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