“(3) The one that makes me lunge for the remote because of being just too frequent and annoying is ‘Liberty, Liberty, Liberty - Liberty.’ ARRGGGHHH!” somewhere where we both are not known’ and is definitely NOT a family-oriented song! If the marketing department had listened to the entire song, they might realize it’s about a man asking a woman to ‘slip away. Cellular uses an oldie-but-goodie song, ‘Slip Away’ by Clarence Carter, in their ads promoting family time. Tastes like Miller time.’ I’m not much of a beer drinker, especially if it tastes like a sticky bar floor! Today’s trio of nominations come from SNACKMEISTERIN of Altoona, Wis.: “(1) A Miller beer commercial that airs WAY too frequently during baseball games: ‘Corner booths, sticky floors, catching breaks and second winds - you never forget the way some things taste. including: Not exactly what (if anything) they had in mind “So what about 2023? Stop into the Creative Activities building - and if all goes well, there might be a postcard frame titled ‘Whither Minnehaha Falls?’ that is surprisingly about St. “Finally, in 2022, I put together a collection of postcards titled ‘”City” Souvenir Postcards,’ which were generic postcards that were customized for different cities - in this case, Saint Paul. It became known as ‘The Lux Memory Doll House,’ which was the title of my second 2021 entry. The dollhouse was exhibited around the country and at our State Fair from 1947 through 1956. It was large enough for people to walk through, measuring 10 feet wide by 24 feet long by 6 feet high and weighing 3,000n pounds. “Edna Knowles King also built a dollhouse for many of her dolls, but it wasn’t something that sat on a tabletop. “This frame was awarded a blue ribbon and the Sweepstakes ribbon, plus a plaque, and was displayed on an easel in a special location. She wrote a book about them and, with her husband acting as photographer, published many postcards. One was titled ‘The Dolls of Edna Knowles King.’ She was a local woman/socialite who collected dolls, thousands of dolls, in the 1930s. “Of course 2020 was the year without a State Fair or much of anything else, so in 2021 I put together two postcard frames. Paul postcards included, there were other ones, too. “It was time for a change in strategy, so in 2019 my entry was ‘Leather Postcards.’ Before the days of machine processing of mail, postcards were made out of a variety of materials, including real deerskin. Paul and the Mississippi River,’ fared slightly better and won a white (Second Premium) ribbon. but as we know, ‘pride goeth before the fall.’ In 2017 I slapped together a collection titled ‘Canoeing at Lake Phalen.’ It got displayed but didn’t win a ribbon. “This postcard frame also won a blue ribbon. Even its exact location is often misplaced. Paul Winter Carnival Ice Palace.’ That Ice Palace was built in Dayton’s Bluff and is rarely remembered. “In 2015 I finally decided to try again and entered a postcard frame titled ‘Mounds Park Sanitarium’ which was a hospital located near Mounds Park in Dayton’s Bluff. “So in 2010 I put together a postcard frame titled ‘A Century Ago in Dayton’s Bluff.’ Following all the rules, I assembled a frame containing 20 100-year-old postcards and added descriptions of what happened to the buildings pictured on them. Creative Activities does have a postcard-collection category, and I also collect postcards, beginning with, you guessed it, Dayton’s Bluff postcards and others related to St. However, I do collect stuff - but there is no category for Neat Stuff as such. It was fairly easy to eliminate such things as cows, pigs, chickens, giant vegetables, and anything that requires artistic ability, baking skills or handiwork of any kind. “One major stumbling block was figuring out what to exhibit. I finally got around to doing it in 2010. “At some point, I realized I wanted to be a participant and enter something to be exhibited at the Fair and possibly win a bona fide State Fair ribbon. of Dayton’s Bluff reports: “I attended my first Minnesota State Fair in 1958 and have been hooked ever since. The Best State Fair in Our State Division
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