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Gee, our old La Salle ran great
Leading to: Please release me! (responsorial)
The REF in White Bear Lake: “Subject: Gee, our old La Salle Ford Falcon ran great.
“Seeing the post from John in Highland about Fizbee touting Clark Super 100 brought two things to mind: that The REF in White Bear Lake is from Highland, too (but that’s neither here nor there for this discussion), and that I have the program from the Rose Bowl of January 2, 1961. (January 1 fell on a Sunday, so the game shifted.)
Gee, our old La Salle ran great
Leading to: Please release me!
John in Highland writes: “Remember Fizbee?
“He was the comic commentator who gained local fame in the 1950s and ’60s as the radio spokesman for Clark gasoline stations. He was a big fan of the 1960 Gopher football team, which played Washington in the Rose Bowl.
“I can still hear Clark’s jingle (earworm), which played over and over on the radio:
What is right with people?
‘Tis the Season Division
Deuce of Eagan: “Subject: Hospice Holiday.
“‘I’m dreaming of a white Christmas, just like the ones I used to know . . .’
“St. Joseph’s Hospital of St. Paul has made the local news lately. Rumors have started of the possibility of its closing within the next three years. That got me thinking: I bet there are many hundreds of stories that the staff, health-care providers, former patients and volunteers could tell.
Metaphorically speaking
LeoJEOSP writes: “A female relative is currently visiting from a very large northeastern city. She was married a few years ago and said that she and her husband were trying to get in a family way.
Continue reading “How is the beginning of a pregnancy like the end of a hockey game?”
‘Tis the season!
And: The kindness of strangers
Deuce of Eagan writes: “Subject: ‘A Holiday Memory of Kindness,’ or ‘No Trike for the Tyke.’
“For many of us, this time of year provides nostalgic thoughts. They are reflected in the holiday songs, illustrated on the greeting cards, and retold at family gatherings. It is not unusual to hear the sentiment ‘It seems just like yesterday’ near the end of those stories.
Then & Now
Semi-Legend: “Subject: Curses.
“The Columbia Journalism Review’s Fall 2019 issue is devoted to disinformation.
Continue reading “When must a business be not just a business?”
Fun facts to know and tell
Or: Justice Is Served
Deuce of Eagan writes: “Subject: You Be the Judge.
