On Wed, Dec 26, 2012 at 8:48 AM, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: > " 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..." > > You sure you weren't at Honest Ed's? > > ;-) > > Forgive me, no on outside Toronto will get that one...
I got it Dave > > Cheers, > frank > > --- Original Message --- > > From: William Robb <[email protected]> > Sent: December 26, 2012 12/26/12 > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: OT, kickstarter for Acme catalogue poster > > On 23/12/2012 3:38 PM, Larry Colen wrote: >> I'm sure that someone on the PDML needs a catalogue for the Acme corporation >> >> http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/fringefocus/the-acme-corporation > > 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. > > -- > > William Robb > > -- > 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. > -- > 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. -- Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ York Region, Ontario, Canada -- 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.
