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This is a sad ad. I'd never think that Charmin would do an advertisement like this, much less advertise much at all in a newspaper. But it's an ad for Dick Wilson, Mr. Whipple, the face of Charmin toilet paper. He made over 500 Charmin commercials and I guess an ad like this is his send off. Maybe they'll do some retro commercials. I'm not sure what a company can do to honor a guy who's been their...
This is a sad ad. I’d never think that Charmin would do an advertisement like this, much less advertise much at all in a newspaper. But it’s an ad for Dick Wilson, Mr. Whipple, the face of Charmin toilet paper. He made over 500 Charmin commercials and I guess an ad like this is his send off. Maybe they’ll do some retro commercials. I’m not sure what a company can do to honor a guy who’s been their main man for so long, but I hope it’s more than this. This is the inside of a switchblade. It’s not working right, so we were playing with it for a couple of hours to try and figure it out. It turns out the problems are the pins that hold one of the springs in place. Tiny, but they keep coming loose, so I’ll need to epoxy them to set em in a spot. My friend Shinya went to Mexico and I asked him to get me a bunch, so I think he picked up 20 pieces. As he walked to the border patrol, they were checking everyone. He was sure he was going to get pinched, but right when he got there, the border guard all of a sudden was busy doing something, so he waved him through. Rambo, for Oscar consideration in 2008. The 2007 pictures are breathing a sigh of relief. Check out the spray paint graphics. You can have street cred with the aerosol and stencil look, the “crate” font makes it look military, and Stallone’s age is hidden!
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Turkey ala King is one of those things Asians do with leftovers. Basically, it's pieces of turkey, vegetables like peas, corn, and mushrooms, leftover gravy, and if you need, add some water to thin it out. It ends up being thick, and tasty. Let's say you don't want to use gravy, you can always use mushroom soup as well. Serve it over rice. It's a great treat. If you added curry, this easily...
Turkey ala King is one of those things Asians do with leftovers. Basically, it’s pieces of turkey, vegetables like peas, corn, and mushrooms, leftover gravy, and if you need, add some water to thin it out. It ends up being thick, and tasty. Let’s say you don’t want to use gravy, you can always use mushroom soup as well. Serve it over rice. It’s a great treat. If you added curry, this easily becomes a curry dish. Turkey curry? Sure, why not?
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Went to the Ninja restaurant the other day and saw my first Ninja! It’s super kitsch but super fun. You walk into a room with no doors, then a panel suddenly slides open and a Ninja pops out and takes you down a series of narrow passage ways till you get down inside. Turns out the Ninja is your waiter and he delivers everything to you in a Nijaesque way.Being sent off in grand Ninja fashion. Other weird things I’ve seen…Is the glass half empty or half full? This guy either won big at Pachinko or he’s about to spend his life fortune.Red Bull spends a lot on vehicle advertising. Look at this pimped out jalopy/jeep with turntables in the rear! The Japanese Aesthetic…In Rem Koolhass’s book, SMLXL he analyzes the Japanese Aesthetic. You see it everywhere…The simplistic sake pitcher… Organized garlic… Perfectly marbled beef… Subdued colors of package desgin This stuff rocks. If you like Calpis, you’ll love this.
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