On 26/12/12, William Robb, discombobulated, unleashed: >When I was a kid back in the early 60s (gads, that makes me feel old), >there was a store in town called ACME Novelty. Of course, in my 6 year >old mind, it had to be part of the ACME Corporation. I bugged my parents >for months, to no avail, that I had to be taken to that store to see the >wonders that surely must be on the shelves. >Certainly, there would be 10,000 pound weights, and cases of dynamite, >rocket powered roller skates, all the things that the Coyote bought >could surely be had at ACME Novelty. >Finally, one Saturday my parents relented, even though they knew, deep >in their great big hearts, that they were setting me up for what would >surely be the greatest disappointment of my childhood. >And sure enough, when we walked into that great big department store, >and walked past aisles filled with slightly out of fashion woman's >clothing, cheap suits, inexpensive furniture and housewares, I was ever >hopeful that if we went around just one more corner and into one more >aisle, we would come to the section of the store that catered to Wiley >Coyote. >But it was not to be, for ACME Novelty was not really part of the ACME >Corporation, or at least not part of the ACME Corporation that I was >familiar with from spending hours watching the Roadrunner outwit his >hapless nemesis. >Friends, I was inconsolable. I led my parents through that entire store >at least twice, ever hopeful that we had managed to miss the one aisle >in the entire world that held the wonderful products that I had seen on TV. >Finally, with tears of disappointment streaming down my cheeks, they led >me back to the car and we drove home, my father being the very kind man >that he was, told me that it was probably just that we lived in such a >small city, perhaps ACME didn't put their full line of products into >this store. >He tried, but I recall being put out like only a 6 year old child can >be. I'm sure I was insufferable for days.
Lovely story! My childhood bug up my ass was spinach. Like Popeye, I had to try a can of cold raw spinach. I think this eye-watering action had a lot to do with me turning instead towards sci-fi ! -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ Broadcast, Corporate, || (O) | Web Video Producion ---------- <www.seeingeye.tv> _____________________________ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
