The little treasures (Mystery Edition)

As we winnow our endless supplies of paper (etc.), we sometimes run across something that was sent to Bulletin Board years ago. How many years ago, we have no idea.

Today we found a plastic bag full of old photographs — 1940s vintage, we believe, but do not know.

If you recognize these people, we’d happily send you the pictures. Here’s a sample:

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How is a hippopotamus like a horse? It’s all Greek to us!

The Baader-Meinhof Phenomenon

COS on the East Side writes: “It’s good to know that even when one is Older Than Dirt, it is possible to learn something new from the comic pages. It is even better when it turns into a B-M and leads to a revelation concerning something most people probably already know.

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He was just out for a little bike ride on a beautiful spring day . . .

Life (and death) as we know it

The Deuce of Eagan writes: “Subject: Beyond the Next Curve.

“Adhering to my weekend ritual, I was on my usually enjoyable morning one-hour bicycle tour of Little Canada, of which I was a resident — each jaunt normally a different route. I was thinking what a beautiful spring day it was and daydreaming of a possible picnic with my wife in the afternoon. She had decided to go grocery shopping instead of biking together, as we normally would. I was wishing she had joined me in what I felt was the beginning of ‘the perfect day.’

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How do you say “where the deer and the antelope play” in Italian?

One shining moment

Sis writes: “Subject: Diva.

“I can hear my longtime friends scoff: ‘Say that again! You sang in the world-famous opera house La Scala, in Milan? Impossible! You can’t sing, period. Sister Edeltrude trained the Grade 6 choir. She let you stand on stage with your pals as long as you just moved your lips. Let’s face it, Sis, you can’t carry a tune.”

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