[lbo-talk] FATAL WEDDING RYE

Tom Walker timework at telus.net
Tue May 17 18:38:05 PDT 2005


Leigh Meyers wrote,

>Ergot Poisoning. Ergot grows on rye.

>It causes delirium tremens, convulsions and death.

Interesting speculation considering the trippiness of the drawing. Rye is also a type of whiskey and Fatal Wedding the title of a turn of the century melodrama and a folk song. "Not a lizzard in a barrel of it" echoes the "not a fart in a carload" slogan of Horse Shit cigarettes.

Note also the sandwichman in a top hat advertising 20 ct lunch in the lower right hand corner.

The Sandwichman



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