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”
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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?”
To Make a Long Story Short
We have examined, from time to time, the pleasure our postcard artists took in the infinite mixings and matchings of romance, but we have been primarily concerned with girth. The artists found other ways to express romance in inches. (Mind. Gutter. Please.) The tall, thin man and the short, round woman were veryContinue reading “To Make a Long Story Short”
Have Some More
Okay, I’ll say it out loud and get it over with. I have never, in all my life, eaten a genuine S’More. First off, a REAL S’More must apparently be cooked over an open fire, preferably on a camping trip, and camping trips were not part of my childhood. (My mother, offspring of aContinue reading “Have Some More”
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