Ah, yes, Fort Knox, where some 147.3 million ounces of gold bullion is stored--or is it? New doubts have been raised:
The solution may lie in one of our oldest fairy tales. Take it away, Edward:
Turnips instead of gold? In that case we would need Fort Knox more than ever. After all, turnips are vegetables and as such last much longer in a...
...sealed container.
I can't remember which of our televisions stations showed Fractured Fairy Tales, probably the government broadcaster ABC. I used to enjoy them.
ReplyDeleteFort Knox could well just be an empty edifice. Has anyone walked around it to check?
Andrew, I guess that's what that Trump fellow plans on doing--once he can some time out from shredding the Constitution.
DeleteNever try to defend yourself against a narcissist.
ReplyDeleteThey already know you're right, they just want you to go crazy trying to prove it.
Mike, I don't have to defend but I can poke fun.
DeleteLoved this. So nice to be reminded of Edward Everett Horton and Fractured Fairy Tales. I can’t imagine those stories without him as narrator.
ReplyDeleteMitchell, I'm glad you said that. Horton had either the perfect voice, or the perfect acting style, or both, to perform that role. He could have treated the whole thing as a put-on (which of course it was.) Instead, he played it perfectly straight, sounding much like an authentic children's storyteller in the process, and then when it came time to deliver a joke, or just comment on the joke, his tone would take on a bit of irony without overdoing it. He was brilliant.
DeleteHi Kirk, Well, I don't see any guards in either of the pictures you show, lending credence to your theory.
ReplyDeleteBy the way, in the U.S. I don't think I ever ate a turnip (although we did try a rutabaga once), but in Asia, they are very common (in a closely related form--think daikon), and they are delicious in many recipes. Also, in early American cookbooks, I see turnips prepared in many of the same ways they are here.
--Jim
Jim, I don't know if I've ever knowingly had a turnip.
DeleteThere's an episode of Green Acres where the citizens of Hooterville decide they should promote rutabagas in much the same fashion that Florida promotes oranges. To that end, they decide to start their own Rutabaga Bowl. Something to watch on New Years Day.
Now that you've brought sitcoms into it, I recall an episode of Bachelor Father, in which the teenage girl (Noreen Corcoran?) wanted to learn to cook to impress a boyfriend, and was taught that rutabagas were the secret to improve stew. "A rutabaga in the pot, gives it what it hasn't got!" I saw that many years ago, but that catchphrase just popped into my mind.
DeleteThe teenage girl who after her parents are killed in a car accident (what a morbid premise for a sitcom) goes lives with her wealthy lawyer of an uncle (John Forsythe, later of Charlie's Angels and Dynasty) was indeed played by Noreen Corcoran. You know who played her boyfriend? Jimmy Boyd, who a few years earlier sung the hit song "I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus."
DeleteAll I know is that I don't have it!
ReplyDeleteMe, neither Debra.
DeleteHaha Turnips would make sense! They are very popular over here, we call them "neeps".
ReplyDeleteI learned something new about your country, Ananka.
DeleteThe whole turnip idea is funny. I get the joke, but it also makes you think. What if? That Fort Knox video is wild.
ReplyDeleteLux, they say money doesn't grow on trees, but if turnips were the currency, you could at least grow money in your garden.
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