Thursday, July 5, 2007

How Long Have We Had These?

Recently, Leo found this great can of peaches at the supermarket. We both think they look like they're leftovers from 40 or 50 years ago. But with a UPC symbol on the back, that is clearly not the case.

I was having trouble getting a good photo of them with our ever-disappointing camera (although I do love how Henry is in the background). So I was searching the web hoping to find an Early Garden website and I stumbled onto AFILER!
This site has lots of photos of outdated retro looking products you can still find on supermarket shelves - not because they are past their sellby date, but because they are examples of "Extant Design."

Tuesday, July 3, 2007

Non Sequitur of the Day

We drove up to NJ for the weekend and on the way home we caught the following snippet on the radio:

"...so just because the groom's wearing a tuxedo, doesn't mean he can't do karate."

Hmm...
Since we have no idea what this is from, here is a little game:

Come up with the first half of this statement and leave it in a comment. Let's see that sense of humor!

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