>It puts me in mind of the Far Side cartoon showing a dilapidated building, on which the sign reads something like, "Bob's Fill Dirt and Croissants".<

I always liked the NPR catalog's (wireless) ad for a tee shirt from "Bob's Sushi and Bait" -somewhere in Lake woebegone i think.

The far side was wonderful-- there was an exhibit at American Mus. of Natural History-- mostly with bugs, dinosaures and animal cartoons, but being NY, they exhibit included the "Crises Center" (the building is on fire, being washed down river, toward the falls!)


my other obsession