Corsets and Candy Cigarettes

Where are my old white corsets
  Right next to your candy cigarettes

Hey! We didn't get today's edition of 'Grit'
  It's canceled. They use bad words now like 'Guck' and 'Spit'

Oh, and I can't seem to find my orange Pez dispenser
  I threw it out. They've proved that Pez causes cancer

By the way, have you seen the Sunday funnies
  They're a no-go, ever since they canceled 'Pogo'

You know I've got two tickets for the Brooklyn Dodgers
  Ha, ha, ha! Even Sandy Koufax is just an old codger

Then I'm going cruising in my new Studebaker
  --with that benchwarmer from the Minneapolis Lakers?

Before I forget, don't throw away my bottle of royal blue ink
  Ball point pens been around since '38, sister, even in pink 

So you shan't think me old-fashioned, I just bought a brand-new TV!
  -Yeah, a nine-inch black-and-white with vacuum tubes that smile at me

But I paid for it with five million Wheaties box tops!
  That's crazy... I think I'll start collecting used lemon drops...
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Baker Avatar
July 12, 2022 at 8:00 AM
A FAV for me, Gershon. It brought back so many memories and you did it all in couplets with rhyme. You da man! Well written and informative my friend. Write On! I'm caught up! :-) Bill
Wolf Avatar
July 12, 2022 at 7:18 PM
Nostalgia works for me too, Bill. Thanks for the Fav! :) gw
Rodrigues Avatar
July 6, 2022 at 8:23 PM
Pez causes cancer, is that a thing. Lots of these plastics have warnings. Crazzzy!
Hankins Avatar
July 6, 2022 at 10:31 AM
Your mind and your creativity never cease to amaze me, gw.
DiMino Avatar
July 6, 2022 at 8:50 AM
God, all those baseball cards I did not save, and those comic books! -- oh well, they were a great engines for my bicycles, and I became a fairly good artist. Great read, Gershon!
Wolf Avatar
July 12, 2022 at 7:20 PM
Ha, ha, ha! I remember sticking b-b cards in the spokes of my bike. Probably blew a vast fortune doing so. C'est la vie!
Lawless Avatar
July 6, 2022 at 5:16 AM
ah, the good old days when a "starting pitcher was expected to "finish",,,,
Wolf Avatar
July 12, 2022 at 7:22 PM
to finish an an inning at least! lol
Krutsinger Avatar
July 6, 2022 at 2:19 AM
" Sandy Koufax " and "Wheaties" and "guck" - I am rapidly taken back to 1964 and I feel younger and younger.
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