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Toasted Strumpets

Spotted this sign in a Pharma Plus. I thought those got banned after the whole Salem thing went wrong.

For Champagne, You Need a Python

Actual conversation overhead in a Hamilton Canadian Tire.

MAN: I told him not to train them to open beer bottles. Now he's got open beer bottles all over the house. Stupid rats.

WOMAN: Rats can do that?

MAN: Sure.

WOMAN: Man, if my rat could open beer bottles, I'd be the happiest girl on earth.

The Undersea World of Tuna Fish Sandwiches

If Jacques Cousteau had invented the lunch bag instead of the aqualung this is what it would have looked like. From the company that brought us
wine hipwaders comes a neoprene lunch tote that doubles as a placemat and is as hip as an iPod skin. Plus, if your kid just wants to crash at lunch, I bet it makes a dandy pillow.

Child's Toys

It seems like the late Julia Child was a bit of a gizmo girl. Via Popgadget here's a Smithsonian Institute site devoted to the assorted kitchen aids Child played with. Link and learn to what use Julia was putting the object on the right.

Should Sell Well in the States

My friend Lucy gave me a package of delicious hawthorne candies from China. I had to share to copy on the packaging. It is delightful. Click on picture for a larger image so you can read it all.