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Probably everybody realizes by now those were Bounty® brand towels — “The Quicker Picker-Upper.” Throw enough of those babies over PR, and the floods will be sucked right up.
As Curly of The Three Stooges said in one of their comic episodes, “He called us idiots … heh, heh … We’re not idiots — we’re MORONS.”
It’s interesting that certain influential psychologists classified those they diagnosed as mental deficients as Morons, Imbeciles, orIdiots — in decreasing level of IQ. This must of been in public consciousness in the 1930s and 1940s, and a source of cruel humor in general society. The following link is very interesting. Note that “morons” were considered the greatest “threat to progressive culture”:
In that era you couldn’t have great international prestige unless you had colonies. Philippines, Guam, and Puerto Rico weren’t ideal, but they were something to show off.
Brian, you do amazing illustrations. Long ago, I used an early version of Adobe Illustrator and dreamed of someday doing these types of things. There were very slow general use computers for graphics in those days!
(— You must learn to trust our president! Working in the mode of a modern chief executive, he’s just getting us used to the concepts of a slight nuclear war with North Korea, global economic collapse, and climate change effects. It’s the method of spooning out small doses of poison, then incrementally increasing the dosages to toughen us up. Pretty soon we’ll be munching on (politically speaking) arsenic-seasoned deep-fried asbestos fast food … and … LOVing it! (— (—
Probably everybody realizes by now those were Bounty® brand towels — “The Quicker Picker-Upper.” Throw enough of those babies over PR, and the floods will be sucked right up.