Date: Sun, 23 Oct 1994 23:50:14 CST

From: "Krahn, Al" AKRA[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]MUSIC.LIB.MATC.EDU

Subject: Overweening expressions



Sometime in the late 40s I saw a sign behind a shoeshine

stand in Stroudsburg PA that read something like this:



Pedal habiliments

aritistically lubricated and illuminated

with ambidextrous facility

for the infinitesimal remuneration

of 25 cents.



Below it was another sign:



10 cents ain't my price no more.

My back is aching and my knees are sore.

15 cents is now my price.

Gimme two bits and I'll do it twice.

Shine, boy, shine.



AKRA



Albert E. Krahn E-Mail AKRA[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]MUSIC.LIB.MATC.EDU

Division of Lib. Arts and Sciences Fax 414/297-7990

Milwaukee Area Technical College Ph (H) 414/476-4025

Milwaukee, WI 53233-1443 Ph (W) 414/297-6519