reusing things
so, I reused some pallets the other day. something that many, many people do (for a living even). and I've always been struck by the few sad street freaks and tweakers who pick up cigarette butts from the sidewalk, but this fine bit from the latimes' 1957 obsessed larry harnisch just takes the cake. why pick up a single cigarette butt, when you can pick up hundreds to resell?
that and a rather insightful comment about art buchwald's lack of funny make this a nice post in my opinion. I have never liked art buchwald's comics, but apparently the man appreciated some sadly funny unfunny stuff in real life and just never executed in a way that was as edgy as, say, real life.
on the topic of mr. harnisch, I am amazed that his job appears to be to read old newspapers, but damnit, it's a fine job, and his clipping service is a service to us all, at least those of us who care about people that resell cigarette butts and crime and gossip from LA's 50s.
that and a rather insightful comment about art buchwald's lack of funny make this a nice post in my opinion. I have never liked art buchwald's comics, but apparently the man appreciated some sadly funny unfunny stuff in real life and just never executed in a way that was as edgy as, say, real life.
on the topic of mr. harnisch, I am amazed that his job appears to be to read old newspapers, but damnit, it's a fine job, and his clipping service is a service to us all, at least those of us who care about people that resell cigarette butts and crime and gossip from LA's 50s.
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