Today’s strip reminds me of some trivia about World War II.
Here in the UK, there was a 1930s advertising campaign which would show a group of people and then show one of them missing. The missing person was captioned as having “gone for a Burton” referring to Burton’s Ale. During the War, people who were suddenly missing from photographs were also said to have “gone for a Burton” so the advertising catchphrase took on a darker meaning.
Today’s strip reminds me of some trivia about World War II.
Here in the UK, there was a 1930s advertising campaign which would show a group of people and then show one of them missing. The missing person was captioned as having “gone for a Burton” referring to Burton’s Ale. During the War, people who were suddenly missing from photographs were also said to have “gone for a Burton” so the advertising catchphrase took on a darker meaning.