Tasli wants a soda. Let's see if he's successful...
Tasli puts the coin in the slot and presses a button. The machine fails to dispense a soda.
TASLI: "For crying out loud---where's my soda!?"
[Tasli jams his arm into the dispenser]
TASLI (to self): "I'll just reach in and pull it out! ...Gah! My hand's stuck!"
[Tasli notices some adults happening by]
TASLI (to self): "Ah! Here come some grown-ups---they'll help me!"
[a crowd forms around Tasli; the crowd takes advantage of the situation, camera-phones in hand)
TASLI (irritated; to self): "...Or not"
FURRY: "Selfie with the Cola Kid!"
FURRY2: "C'mon, kid---say something funny! (this'll get so many views!)"
FURRY3: "This is clearly a consequence of global warming!"
Hm... I think 'Furry2' is the Acesexual Fox (formerly knows as the 'Asexual Fox'). Interesting. :3
Anyway, I'm sure Tasli will be rescued soon ...that or he'll simply let go of the soda (which will make his hand 'smaller' so he can free himself). Time will tell. :3
Pencil...
The featured pencil is a long-ferruled specimen from the early 20th century. It's fairly unique for most pencils of its time in that it has a square barrel (an enlarged image of the pencil barrel is shown in the lower-right of the comic). Square-barrel pencils are known as '*boxy' pencils---I've never before seen such an early example of a boxy pencil as this.
*I'm aware of the Japanese 'Boxy' pencil by Mitsu-Bishi. They patented the square pencil barrel, though clearly they didn't invent it. :3
The pencil is advertising a product called 'Chero Cola'. Chero Cola has an interesting story,
"The pharmacist who invented Chero-Cola was Claud A. Hatcher of Columbus, Georgia. In 1905, he developed his first concoction – a ginger ale which he called “Royal Crown” – and went into business as “Union Bottle Works.” In 1910, he jumped on the cola bandwagon with a cherry-flavored version called Chero-Cola, which was successful enough by 1912 to become the new name of the company. Coca-Cola eventually responded to the competitive threat by successfully claiming trademark infringement, forcing Chero-Cola to drop “cola” from its name in the early 1920s, contributing to the beverage’s market decline and the company’s eventual discontinuance of it. However, Hatcher bounced back in 1924 with a fruit-flavored brand called Nehi and changed the name of his company to Nehi Corporation. In 1934, Nehi entered the cola market again with Royal Crown Cola, which eventually became the company’s flagship brand."
In light of the story, this pencil has 'Cola' in its name, so it's around 100 years old. :3
Before buying this pencil, I had my choice between it or a pencil advertising 'Namar Beer' from Cooper Brewing Co (a brewery that was in existence for only a couple years or so). The latter ...is perhaps somewhat more valuable (maybe?), but this boxy pencil was more interesting to me, and certainly easier to feature with my (mostly) family-friendly quickies. :3
Wikipedia has a good article on soda jerks, soda fountain operators. I found it interesting that the article claims that "soda jerk" is a pun on the job name "soda clerk". Born in 1955, I mostly missed the era of drugstore soda fountains, although I recall a few visits to one when I was a boy.
Wikipedia has a good article on soda jerks, soda fountain operators. I found it interesting that the
Tasli's mistake (besides getting into the mess he's in in the first place) was thinking that young adults nowadays will help anyone but themselves getting all da views.
But, to be fair, if I was the adult in this situation, I'd probably point and laugh.
One thing I tell everyone is that if they do something stupid and get hurt, I reserve the right to laugh for a straight minute, then I'll call the ambulance. But for Tasli... I think a whole five minutes are in order lol. ;3
Tasli's mistake (besides getting into the mess he's in in the first place) was thinking that young a
Honestly as somebody ripped off by the ruthlessness of the vending machines growing up, I can't blame him for wanting to do it. Though the getting stuck part, I can't help but think "are you just holding on to the can?"
Also really cool info about the pencil!
Honestly as somebody ripped off by the ruthlessness of the vending machines growing up, I can't blam
Do we actually have another pencil aficionado among us now?! Only time will tell!
Also that use to be part of an old "Candid Camera" gag from WAAAAY back. It used to be on YouTube but not sure anymore, the gag being the bottle would appear but when the person when to take it it would get whisked back into the machine, leaving the person perplexed, stunned and angry not necessarily in that order. :D
As for the pencil and the story behind it WOW. I LOVE little "connection" stories like that, learning how something came to be by following the history from it's beginning to now. Also you left out the part where Coca-Cola became popular because of it's (cough)SECRET INGREDENT(cough). ;D
Do we actually have another pencil aficionado among us now?! Only time will tell! Also that use to
Probably unrelated, but all this talk of bottles and such reminds me I need to watch 'Bottleshock' before I die. I've had the movie several years now, and is probably still sealed. :p
I'm glad you enjoyed. :3 Probably unrelated, but all this talk of bottles and such reminds me I nee
I remember hearing about "Bottleshock" but it kinda came and went since it had neither explosions or mountains of human corpses to push it's release. Apparently this win was compared, rightly so, to the 1980 Winter Olympics US vs Russia hockey game when the US upset Russia 4-3 in a match called the "Miracle on the Ice". :D
That said with a cast that includes the late Alan Rickman and Bill Pullman I'm glad you reminded me of it since I love documentaries / docudramas. :)
I remember hearing about "Bottleshock" but it kinda came and went since it had neither explosions or
