When canned Carnation Milk became available in grocery stores in approximately the 1940's, she read an advertisement offering $5,000 for the best slogan. The producers wanted a rhyme beginning with 'Carnation Milk is best of all.'
She thought to herself, I know all about milk and dairy farms. I can do this!
She sent in her entry, and several weeks later, a black limo pulled up in front of her house. A man got out and said, 'Carnation LOVED your entry so much, we are here to award you $2,000 even though we will not be able to use it!
Don't blame me. Blame Bob. He twisted my arm.
I have not heard that one since high school!
ReplyDeleteBut I thought you were from New Orleans, Mimi, not Wisconsin.
ReplyDeleteI sending that off to my friend Pat who grew up on a dairy farm in Maine (and who has the vocabulary to match that delightful rhyme).
ReplyDeleteCiss, I never heard the rhyme before. Of course, I grew up in the city.
ReplyDeletePaul, I don't know nuthin' 'bout milkin' no cows. Besides, in the 40s I was a mere slip of a girl. Really!
Each time I read the rhyme, I laugh. I showed it to Grandpère, and the words resonated. He milked cows every morning before he went to school.