I wonder if an open/close sign on the door would’ve helped them notice the store wasn’t open… then again whose turn was it, Mutt or Jeff to unlock and open the door for business??
I remember those sugar shortages during WWII. Hard to get Cokes, chocolate bars, or Cracker Jacks. And those Cracker Jack prizes back then were worth having. The last box of Cracker Jacks I got before sugar was rationed didn’t have a prize. I felt cheated. But the first one I got after the war had two prizes! We are all even now.
The best prizes in Cracker Jacks were in the late 20s and early 30s, the problem was that the good little prizes like little metal cars and toys were sticking in kid’s throats when the would chug the corn into their mouths from the box. Lawsuits forced the candy company to put in small paper prizes.
That was going to be my comment. Must have been a neighborhood with an almost exclusively Jewish population, or the type of ghetto in which my father grew up.
Sherlock Watson over 12 years ago
sad trombone
EstrelitaH over 12 years ago
Those good old ration books – great reason for opening your own grocery store!
Buzza Wuzza over 12 years ago
Wartime Mutt & Jeff, peacetime Mutt & Jeff, it’s all good.
stuartballin over 12 years ago
needed the reminder. Thanks!
PoodleGroomer over 12 years ago
If the sign says the store is open, a hungry customer will break down the door. Ask Walmart about opening after Thanksgiving.
Tsali-Queyi over 12 years ago
I’ve still got a book of my ration stamps. It has my name on it and then the word infant.
Foghorn Leghorn over 12 years ago
I wonder if an open/close sign on the door would’ve helped them notice the store wasn’t open… then again whose turn was it, Mutt or Jeff to unlock and open the door for business??
alleyoops Premium Member over 12 years ago
I remember those sugar shortages during WWII. Hard to get Cokes, chocolate bars, or Cracker Jacks. And those Cracker Jack prizes back then were worth having. The last box of Cracker Jacks I got before sugar was rationed didn’t have a prize. I felt cheated. But the first one I got after the war had two prizes! We are all even now.
quartermain over 12 years ago
The best prizes in Cracker Jacks were in the late 20s and early 30s, the problem was that the good little prizes like little metal cars and toys were sticking in kid’s throats when the would chug the corn into their mouths from the box. Lawsuits forced the candy company to put in small paper prizes.
Number Three over 12 years ago
Oh Jeff!
What we going to do with you, huh?
LOL LOL. Now I can’t stop laughing.
xxx
derry1 over 12 years ago
Opening the grocery store after the clients have gone…
brklnbern over 12 years ago
Ah, vintage WWII.
brklnbern over 12 years ago
That was going to be my comment. Must have been a neighborhood with an almost exclusively Jewish population, or the type of ghetto in which my father grew up.