You’ve heard, I trust, of the Scarlet Pimpernel? I’m his cousin, the Chartreuse Pâtissier.
Little known is that bandleader Guy Lombardo got the inspiration for his name from this painting of Renaissance era musician Guy Lime Bardeaux.
I really admired @Elmer_J.Fudd ’s creative entry - worthy of a ‘Highly Commended award.
But I could so easily imagine the tone of voice the Bard would use for this line:
@knoodler wins.
Thanks Ferris!
Tanning beds have come a long way since 1958.
Maxwell Smart’s predecessor’s Daybed of Silence.
The Acme Corp. returned to human testing after the coyote retired.
Conrad Hilton at the testing of the first portable hotel room.
“But will the astronaut really need an escape pod? How much weight does it add to the capsule?”
3D print me like one of your French girls
Like the aqua-car, submersible futons were a short-lived fad of the 50’s.
Mr. Vanderbilt tests a new sales rep to see if he can really handle the pressure of cold calling.
“This capsule can survive a nuclear hit and ensure the safety of its occupant.”
“Yes professor, but won’t the occupant be emerging into a desert of radioactive waste?”
“I wasn’t tasked for long-term planning.”
Ma Bell’s new phone booth was expected to revolutionize phone sex.
Well, Jerry, have you hit your sales target for today? No? I’m afraid it’s back in the capsule for you then.
All great captions! Some I was looking for:
“Can you hear me now?”
“It’s from God. He says we should allow girls at Welton.”
“It’s a collect call from Mr Floyd, for Mrs Floyd. Should we accept the charges?”
The first is the best:
You’re up, @Spoons!
Thanks! Let’s stick with the old-timey feel:
“Doesn’t do anything, that’s the beauty of it.”
“Pretty simple - you put yer votin’ paper here, turn this handle here - an’ it gets counted fer yer in no more than a couple o’ minutes!”
James King shows off a greatly simplified version of his washing machine.