Rich in Dextrose

As the Curtiss Candy Company explained during World War II:

"A non-energetic body is like an LCT without fuel."

Unfortunately, this ad is somewhat of a teaser because during the war, it was hard to find a Baby Ruth for sale:

"Men in foxholes, cockpits, or aboard ships call for more and more Baby Ruth, so civilians sometimes must wait until Uncle Sam is supplied."

James Lileks has lots more vintage ads from comic books here.

http://www.lileks.com/institute/funny/comicads/candy/index.html


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Both are monosaccharides but I believe the molecule have a slightly different configuration. I remember buying "war stamps" as a kid. We'd bring our pennies to school and get stamps to put in a booklet like the old green stamps.
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Materials: (archival innards, antique & gathered outards)

Wow, that was like an utterance out of no other enterprise, except maybe NASA.

Neat necklace, for the Borders crowd.
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@felixthecat

I see you've never met a model who's had to work with a professional photographer before. Let’s see, she's probably been standing out there in the drab weather for an hour waiting for the guy to set up, then wait because the light just isn't right, then reorganise the position of her necklaces because the previous set up just didn't look right, along with the possibility it could have been her time of the month.
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Felixthecat how would you feel if you were saddled up with oh-so-intellectual Eleven Books hanging from your neck by some well-meaning friend that cares for your ears and intellectual well-being instead of giving you a nifty MP3 player with your favorite songs...?
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