CONSOLATION PRIZES AWARDED AT 1895 WORLD'S FAIR
- wooden nickel
- early model Samsung VHS player
- firm handshake and hefty pat on the back from Nashville's Mayor Kirby
- coupon redeemable for a cowboys and Indians-themed family Christmas card, using an 'image capturing module'
- comforter made by the newest and most desired fabric in the world - polyester
- all-inclusive vacation package for two to the 'New World' - Eerie, PA
- jar of molasses
- a trigon (three-wheeled wagon)
- gun powder horn filled with sweet strawberries and melon hard candies
- one gallon of Hagen Das frozen yolk cream and animal fat swirl
- your unincorporated township will become incorporated and named after your forward-thinking but untimely pharmacological invention - Ambien
2 comments:
:) A lovely post.. I never knew that the list you mentioned could also be a list of consolation prizes..
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