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Across the Fence:  A Little Bit of Nonsense  |
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YellowRose
True Blue Farmgirl
6823 Posts
Sara
Paris
TX
USA
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 Posted - May 08 2020 : 07:30:03 AM
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My brain is crammed packed with interesting but useless information. The kind that I never seem to be able to work into a conversation. Yesterday my sister and I visited an antique shop (so thankful Texas is opening back up)where I found a 2004 American Test Kitchen cookbook. On page 314 I found this little tidbit.
In the late 1800s animal shaped crackers came from England to USA. They were so popular in 1902 Nabisco designed the now famous circus box that had a string attached so the box could be hung on Christmas trees. In 2004 there were 19 different animal crackers.
That's my little bit of nonsense - what's yours.
Sara~~~ FarmGirl Sister #6034 8/25/14
FarmGirl of the Month Sept 2015. & Feb 2019
Lord put your arm around my shoulders and your hand over my mouth.
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suny58
True Blue Farmgirl
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Dianna
Jack
Al.
USA
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Posted - May 08 2020 : 08:04:22 AM
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Lol! How fun and interesting Sara! My Sara and I LOVE feasting on the little beastie biscuits!! In fact I usually buy a couple of large bags a week! Great with coffee! The hubs is so funny, he'll lay his out on the table and tell our furbaby exactly what he's got and then take the animals out he thinks Kodabear will like and give them to him! I see two happy boys there! Lol
My bit of nonsensical info would be about toothpicks!! YES!! Who invented these little pieces of sticks that pick old food from your teeth and WHY? ( Of course being a retired dental tech, I would wonder about things like this, lol)
Seems they've been around for CENTURIES as they have turned up in prehistoric graves found in Northern Italy back in the 1800's. They were bronzed burial objects. From the 17th century people stylized their toothpicks into works of art and jewelry. The first toothpick manufacturing machine was developed in 1869. Wooden disposable toothpicks were made of birch and now companies make them of plastic as they are more effective in cleaning!! Abd here ALL these years I thought they were made for handsome leading men in the movies to make them look so cool!! :D
Farmgirl #7103
FGOTM January 2018
Dianna
"Blessed are they that see beautiful things in humble places, where other people see nothing." Pissarro |
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YellowRose
True Blue Farmgirl
6823 Posts
Sara
Paris
TX
USA
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Posted - May 08 2020 : 08:23:33 AM
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Dianna I find your little tidbit about toothpicks very interesting. I will never look at the humble toothpick the same way again. Think of the engineering that went into inventing the first toothpick machine.
BTW one of the things I omitted from my little bit of nonsense was the koala bear was the newest addition as of the book's issue in 2004.
Sara~~~ FarmGirl Sister #6034 8/25/14
FarmGirl of the Month Sept 2015. & Feb 2019
Lord put your arm around my shoulders and your hand over my mouth.
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suny58
True Blue Farmgirl
4334 Posts
Dianna
Jack
Al.
USA
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Posted - May 08 2020 : 08:50:44 AM
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Sara I found the information on the animal crackers way cool. Cant wait to share this with my Sara! Thank so much for sharing! I love Koalas too. Havent seen them in the generic bag I buy tho! :(
Farmgirl #7103
FGOTM January 2018
Dianna
"Blessed are they that see beautiful things in humble places, where other people see nothing." Pissarro |
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windypines
True Blue Farmgirl
4116 Posts
Michele
Bruce
Wisconsin
USA
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Posted - May 08 2020 : 10:24:16 AM
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Great fun facts, very interesting. Off hand I don't have any to share.......but will think on it. lol
Farming in WI
Michele
FGOTM June2019
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YellowRose
True Blue Farmgirl
6823 Posts
Sara
Paris
TX
USA
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Posted - May 08 2020 : 12:30:16 PM
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Michelle not to fret it'll come to you around midnight that's about the time I always think of what I want to remember.
Sara~~~ FarmGirl Sister #6034 8/25/14
FarmGirl of the Month Sept 2015. & Feb 2019
Lord put your arm around my shoulders and your hand over my mouth.
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Red Tractor Girl
True Blue Farmgirl
6528 Posts
Winnie
Gainesville
Fl
USA
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Posted - May 08 2020 : 2:28:29 PM
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Sara and Dianna, these little facts were unknown to me and I think they are so interesting! Like MIchele, my mind is drawing a blank for trivia too, but I will think on it and come back soon!
Winnie #3109
Red Tractor Girl
Farm Sister of the Year 2014-2015
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Edited by - Red Tractor Girl on May 09 2020 11:04:20 AM |
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YellowRose
True Blue Farmgirl
6823 Posts
Sara
Paris
TX
USA
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Posted - May 08 2020 : 3:30:38 PM
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Winnie I have faith you will think of something.
Sara~~~ FarmGirl Sister #6034 8/25/14
FarmGirl of the Month Sept 2015. & Feb 2019
Lord put your arm around my shoulders and your hand over my mouth.
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janamarieje
True Blue Farmgirl
1022 Posts
Jana
Southern California
USA
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Posted - May 08 2020 : 5:14:38 PM
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Sara, I don't call that tidbits, I call that fascinating bits of information! I love the history and origins of things.
Jana
MJF #7110
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LadyInRed
True Blue Farmgirl
6740 Posts
PeggyAnn
Vancouver
WA
USA
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Posted - May 09 2020 : 12:01:26 AM
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Sara...I loved your fun little tid-bits!! Very interesting. I never knew that circus box was meant to hang on the Christmas Tree. I use to put little things I found in them that
I wanted to keep after I ate the animal crackers. Once the frosted animal crackers came out, however, I never wanted those plain ones again!!!
Love, Hugs, and Happy Mother's Day Girls,
Peggy   
Farmgirl #1326
Member since Feb. 2010
Dec 2011-Farmgirl of the Month
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Edited by - LadyInRed on May 09 2020 12:02:39 AM |
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Audra Rose
True Blue Farmgirl
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Vanessa
Brooksville
KY
USA
2209 Posts |
Posted - May 09 2020 : 03:55:40 AM
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After reading this last night, just before drifting off, a tidbit of trivia came to me: it wasn't until 1818 that the right shoe was made. Before that, both shoes were the same.
Farmgirl Sister #6754
Doxie Mom - Everyone loves a Weiner!
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YellowRose
True Blue Farmgirl
6823 Posts
Sara
Paris
TX
USA
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Posted - May 09 2020 : 05:04:11 AM
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Jana, Thanks for your sweet words.
Peggy, I've never had a frosted animal cracker - didn't know they made them.
Vanessa, so glad they figured that all out in 1818. I wonder what took them so long.
Sara~~~ FarmGirl Sister #6034 8/25/14
FarmGirl of the Month Sept 2015. & Feb 2019
Lord put your arm around my shoulders and your hand over my mouth.
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City Chick
True Blue Farmgirl
1402 Posts
Deb
Chattanooga
TN
USA
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Posted - May 12 2020 : 06:32:48 AM
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I had always thought that string was for carrying around.  LOL! Wish I had known this tidbit when my girls were little. Would have been a cute tradition to start. Hang their animal crackers on the tree for Christmas morning.
I read that the athletic cup was invented before the helmet. The first cup was used in 1874 and the helmet was used in 1934.(I had to look those dates up) Goofy to me.
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katmom
True Blue Farmgirl
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Grace
WACAL Gal
WashCalif.
USA
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StitchinWitch
True Blue Farmgirl
2138 Posts
Judith
Galt
CA
USA
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Posted - May 12 2020 : 12:14:30 PM
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Maybe the cup being invented before the helmet indicates what men think is more important..........
Judith
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NatChap
True Blue Farmgirl
441 Posts
Natalie
Clarkesville
GA
USA
441 Posts |
Posted - May 12 2020 : 4:21:18 PM
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Judith, LOL! Methinks you're completely right!
Keep shining!
Natalie
"Ask what makes you come alive and go do it." ~Howard Thurman |
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NatChap
True Blue Farmgirl
441 Posts
Natalie
Clarkesville
GA
USA
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Posted - May 12 2020 : 4:25:48 PM
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Sara,
The origin of things is fascinating. I never knew that about animal crackers. I bet the early Nabisco animal crackers boxes are valuable to collectors. It's always the stuff people throw away that is the most valuable later.
Keep shining!
Natalie
"Ask what makes you come alive and go do it." ~Howard Thurman |
Edited by - NatChap on May 12 2020 4:26:05 PM |
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YellowRose
True Blue Farmgirl
6823 Posts
Sara
Paris
TX
USA
6823 Posts |
Posted - May 13 2020 : 05:51:14 AM
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It's hard to believe any of the packaging we throw away now will be collectible.
Another little tidbit from the cookbook. To keep roaming pigs from damaging their grain fields New York residents built a long stone wall on the northern edge of what now is Lower Manhattan. The street that bordered the wall became known as Wall Street.
Sara~~~ FarmGirl Sister #6034 8/25/14
FarmGirl of the Month Sept 2015. & Feb 2019
Lord put your arm around my shoulders and your hand over my mouth.
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StitchinWitch
True Blue Farmgirl
2138 Posts
Judith
Galt
CA
USA
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Posted - May 13 2020 : 11:34:51 AM
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Sara -- what an interesting cookbook.
LOL-- the pigs are still there
Judith
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NatChap
True Blue Farmgirl
441 Posts
Natalie
Clarkesville
GA
USA
441 Posts |
Posted - May 23 2020 : 08:32:42 AM
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I bet today's packaging will not be collectible. It doesn't have the character of the older stuff. Though I wouldn't pay for any of it myself.
Keep shining!
Natalie
"Ask what makes you come alive and go do it." ~Howard Thurman |
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ceridwen
True Blue Farmgirl
899 Posts
Carole
New York
USA
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MaryJanesNiece
True Blue Farmgirl
6719 Posts
Krista
Utah
USA
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Posted - Jun 10 2020 : 1:52:23 PM
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These are awesome. I googled some trivia because I don’t know any off the top of my head and I found this one very interesting. Play-doh was once used as a wallpaper cleaner before it was rebranded as a child’s play toy. It makes me chuckle since play-doh can be so messy and sticks to carpet! Wouldn’t it have done more damage than good lol!
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YellowRose
True Blue Farmgirl
6823 Posts
Sara
Paris
TX
USA
6823 Posts |
Posted - Jun 10 2020 : 2:19:16 PM
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Krista that's a good one.
Sara~~~ FarmGirl Sister #6034 8/25/14
FarmGirl of the Month Sept 2015. & Feb 2019
Lord put your arm around my shoulders and your hand over my mouth.
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nubidane
True Blue Farmgirl
2864 Posts
Lisa
Georgetown
OH
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Posted - Jun 10 2020 : 4:34:29 PM
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YellowRose
True Blue Farmgirl
6823 Posts
Sara
Paris
TX
USA
6823 Posts |
Posted - Jun 10 2020 : 4:43:03 PM
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Lisa I might be if I knew what you are talking about.
Sara~~~ FarmGirl Sister #6034 8/25/14
FarmGirl of the Month Sept 2015. & Feb 2019
Lord put your arm around my shoulders and your hand over my mouth.
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nubidane
True Blue Farmgirl
2864 Posts
Lisa
Georgetown
OH
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Across the Fence: A Little Bit of Nonsense |
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A Little Bit of Nonsense
