[lbo-talk] FATAL WEDDING RYE

[lbo at inkworkswell.com]

At 09:38 PM 5/17/2005, Tom Walker wrote:
>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.


:)

Innarestin'. I have an acquaintance that reels off things like this, 
especially downhome similies such as "he's running around in more 
directions than a fart in a fryin' pan." heh.


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

ha! I forgot to point that out! Glad you noticed it.

Thanks for info on this. Now, I'll have to see if anyone can help me find 
images of old-fashioned lazy tongs, like this: 
http://www.inkworkswell.com/LazyTongs.htm. Haven't pursued it seriously, 
but I gotta have this image -- or something like it!

OK. Back to worky for me-ee.

p.s. Is or Liza planning on writing a book about ascetism on the left or 
something? Dougdaddy, you just have too damn many answers and don't ask 
enough questions!!

k