in WW2 there was rationing, including on soap. The tramp was doing his part to ration soap, by not using it.
They were honoring his patriotic behavior of remaining dirty and not wasting soap.
You got it!!! During WWII many of the common rationings made it one way or another into Nancy. The comic strip promoted these measures, usually in a patriotic way. Signs saying “Save Soap!” Or “Using less soap will help the War
Effort” and “Soap savers are Patriotic” are here posted on a wall in the street. The kids see the signs, notice our filthy tramp, and are moved to salute his patriotism — much to the confusion of the tramp.
I just dug my old NES and one of its games out of storage and hooked it up to my TV. The console, cartridge, and controller were all still in good condition, but the game was no longer playable. Why not?
When you say dug, do you mean you had to dig(like with a shovel) to get to it?
Is there an issue related to connecting it to a modern television?
Did the game have a requirement that is no longer available in 2025?
When you say dug, do you mean you had to dig(like with a shovel) to get to it? No
Is there an issue related to connecting it to a modern television? The issue did have to do with my modern TV
Did the game have a requirement that is no longer available in 2025? Kind of? In a way?
It is simply that your television does not have the connection ports needed? Or equally that the NES does not have HDMI output?
Did the game have any peripheral devices that came with it (light gun, glove, floor pad, disk-stacking robot, etc.)?
Did the problem relate to video display of the game?
Did the problem relate to the audio of the game?
Come to think of it, a possible guess:
The game was Duck Hunt, or something else that used the light gun, and something about the way the modern TV displayed the image prevented the gun from properly seeing its target
Chronos got it. It’s a light gun game, and light gun sensors don’t work with modern TVs.