Frog Applause by Teresa Burritt for October 16, 2023

Do not fail to miss this opportunity.

The free illustrated catalogue was the stuff of dreams for typists everywhere.

Typewriter Headquarters? Is that where they have an infinite amount of monkeys with typewriters who work an infinite amount of time, and eventually recreate all of Shakespeare’s masterpieces?

Strong letter to follow.

Mickey Dolan and his grandma who created white out for typewriters is going to get stepped on by grandpa.

…steam punk fantasies…

…are not my type…

…click…

….clack, clack, clack…

…click…

… DING …

…blue eye shadow?!?…

… that’s either Freddie Mercury

…or Mary Poppins in drag…

…I font to suck your blood…

…he withthe most paperwork wins…

…the newspaper wars were rough on everyone…

…except they gave everyone more not less…

…live free or type faster…

If typewriters were invented today, they would be a lot cheaper, but the ribbons would cost a fortune.

all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy…

And so it was written: The Hero of Our Times is a Lady in a Green Jacket.

It was the failure of a client to write them that precipitated this crisis.

Still have a clackwriter or two hanging around, maybe these guys would exchange them for a good Bic pen?

Love the inverted pyramid ad text

I never knew the plural noun of examinations is “privilege.”

I will not fail to write you.

nice make-up!

Olivetta Hunt and her beau Underwood Peck ( pictured above ) believe bright eye shadow to be the key to successful marketing – no matter how mundane the product is.

I prefer to buy mine at Typewriters Bath & Beyond.

Notable typewriter manufacturers included E. Remington and Sons, IBM, Godrej, Imperial Typewriter Company, Oliver Typewriter Company, Olivetti, Royal Typewriter Company, Smith Corona, Underwood Typewriter Company, Facit, Adler, and Olympia-Werke.

They now have typewriter keyboards for iPads, etc. I am so tempted….

I hated typing class in high school. The teacher looked someone out of Little House on The Prairie! She was boring, mundane and mean!

Never lend your typewriter to anyone….I did and never to be seen well as books, money and lawnmowers! ☺️☺️☺️❤️❤️

Good one T! ☺️❤️

It’s all QWERTY to me …!

( easy to type for a hunter & peckr [sic], overlords willing )

Ohhh, He must be the secretary of state.

all type and no pipe

Hamburger meat hair. How novel.

I wonder how many people alive have ever used a typewriter. (Internet on a typewriter was really bad!)

As a reporter, I made a living using a typewriter for years. (This is back when there were typesetters in newspaper offices to re-type your stories.) When computers came into our newspaper office they were actually more of a hindrance because they were so clumsy and hard to operate.

But I can’t even imagine working on a typewriter now!

The flowery language of late 19th century “dime novel” romance notwithstanding, the concern for the very latest in cutting edge technology is ever-present. Take me to your typewriter HQ; I’ll need your writer later!