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- The most dangerous fire escape I've ever seen
- Out of Place
- Sir Bedevere
- Witch way to the fire?
- Proud to be an old Coot
- That old scale
- Bowled Over
- Cat years?
- 'Why' Wyoming?
- His Master's Voice
- What! No dish under the skewer?
- Only in Hollywood?
- What's Up Doc?
- Destination?
- I'm pretty sure this was a voluntary program
- When I see chicken wire rabbit cages I think of three things
- The War Ears
- Eating the bunnies? Really?
- A love affair with a machine
- Hasenpfeffer
- Back support
- Hot type!
- Can you smell ... the news?
- Looking across the street and Flong
- Memories of my elderly hoarder neighbor
- Linotype in the Twilight Zone
- By Memory?
- Quiet place
- Line Of Type
- And no hearing protection
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Waiting for You: 1938
September 1938. "Interior views of barrooms. Decoration painted by itinerant artist in back room of bar. Raceland, Louisiana." Acetate negative by Russell Lee for the FSA. View full size.
Satan's Orthodontist
"That's a devil of an overbite you've got there, sir."
The Devil is in the details
Why is there a period after I'm, but not a period after you?
With each line beginning with a capital letter, you would think IWF stands for something. I can't think of anything.
What's going on with those two people who are covered from the neck down by Satan's painting? Dare anyone look?
Yeah, I’m waiting for you.
I’m mean, how long does it take to mix a Shirley Temple.
Fiendishly clever sales pitch
Prediction: This fellow zooms to the top of the Juniper Gallery Top Ten!
"I'm waiting for you ... to hang me above your home cocktail counter!"
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