#208555 - 12/31/12 10:56 AM
Re: painstaking
[Re: Coffeebean]
|
Carpal Tunnel
Registered: 09/15/00
Posts: 4757
|
Hi gang
Back in a previous life (possibly referenced in those links given at the head of this string which I cannot get to open) some discussion had taken place on the history of Tom Swifties. I understand the general background of a piss-take of the adverbially overladen books by the Stratemeyer conglomerate… but I had recalled my American brethren and sistren talking of a major advertising campaign (an oil company, in the 50s?) which widely popularised the form as roadside billboards.
Google has failed to cut me a path through the jungle – any pointers?
|
|
Top
|
|
|
|
|
#208558 - 12/31/12 11:58 AM
Re: painstaking
[Re: jenny jenny]
|
old hand
Registered: 11/13/11
Posts: 1016
Loc: Lancaster, UK
|
Hi there maverick! It is SO good to see you back again. Mille failte!
_________________________
I'm immortal until proven otherwise
|
|
Top
|
|
|
|
|
#208559 - 12/31/12 12:11 PM
Re: painstaking
[Re: jenny jenny]
|
Carpal Tunnel
Registered: 09/15/00
Posts: 4757
|
Happy New Year, Maverick...Burma Shave?  YES! Thank you - too few active neurons to waste more on this annoying escapee from the Wot I Know prison... New underpants for Christmas? quized Tom briefly. Happy New Year to all.
|
|
Top
|
|
|
|
|
#208560 - 12/31/12 12:15 PM
Re: painstaking
[Re: Coffeebean]
|
Carpal Tunnel
Registered: 06/24/02
Posts: 7184
Loc: Vermont
|
Maverick!! Happy New Year!, he said, annually!
_________________________
formerly known as etaoin...
|
|
Top
|
|
|
|
|
#208565 - 12/31/12 01:36 PM
Re: painstaking
[Re: Buffalo Shrdlu]
|
Carpal Tunnel
Registered: 06/23/08
Posts: 5268
Loc: Land of the Flat Water
|
Yes, Happy New Year to you all ! !
_________________________
----please, draw me a sheep----
|
|
Top
|
|
|
|
|
#208571 - 12/31/12 02:18 PM
Re: painstaking
[Re: Rainmaker]
|
Carpal Tunnel
Registered: 06/23/08
Posts: 5268
Loc: Land of the Flat Water
|
Well, it's good to have you back.
_________________________
----please, draw me a sheep----
|
|
Top
|
|
|
|
|
#208573 - 12/31/12 02:20 PM
Re: painstaking
[Re: Rainmaker]
|
Carpal Tunnel
Registered: 06/24/02
Posts: 7184
Loc: Vermont
|
Gosh, I've been off this board for years, he said, absently.
heh
_________________________
formerly known as etaoin...
|
|
Top
|
|
|
|
|
#208574 - 12/31/12 02:25 PM
Re: painstaking
[Re: Rainmaker]
|
Carpal Tunnel
Registered: 06/11/01
Posts: 2636
Loc: Caribbean
|
Yes, Happy New Year All!
Gosh, I've been off this board for years, he said, absently. "Wot 'e said," she echoed.
|
|
Top
|
|
|
|
|
8419 Members
16 Forums
13684 Topics
209695 Posts
Max Online: 3341 @ 12/09/11 02:15 PM
|
|
|
0 registered (),
40
Guests and
2
Spiders online. |
|
Key:
Admin,
Global Mod,
Mod
|
|
|
|
|
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4
|
|
5
|
6
|
7
|
8
|
9
|
10
|
11
|
|
12
|
13
|
14
|
15
|
16
|
17
|
18
|
|
19
|
20
|
21
|
22
|
23
|
24
|
25
|
|
26
|
27
|
28
|
29
|
30
|
31
|
|
|
|
Search
Previous Topic
Index