At Old Time Candy, indulge in the story of Bonomo, some of which is told in this video:
Taffy was a Welshman Taffy was a Welshman, | __________________________________________________________________________ The poem is significant enough, for a complex system of reasons, for inclusion in The Rattle Bag, edited by two heavyweights of poetry: Seamus Heaney and Ted Hughes.
One ring game I played frequently until I was nine years old and my family moved to the outskirts of the city, Aunt Donna's Dead, was not a morbid game at all, even though the fun and imagination came from each child demonstrating a creative pose in which Donna died, a pose each child would mimic (a variation or taffy extension of this game is reported at Linda Hager Pack.com in the Appalachian Games section (interestingly, my father was from the Tennessee mountains as was his father and his grandparents) as Old Granny Wiggins Is Dead. The approach to death was actually healthy; in reciting the rhyme, there was an acceptance of death as a part of life; there was a willingness to take ourselves the pose in which a pronouncement of death was made. We didn't lament the loss of Donna; we weren't afraid of the corpse but used it as a mirror, as a temporary extension of ourselves, the game culminating in a dance. We were practically intoxicated with the taffy of death, the contortions we could imagine only as heart-stopping; in the way we died, we joined a grand dead circus. |
Certainly, there's no expectation that nursery rhymes be polite or take into consideration civil, moral, or ethical perspectives. Taken literally, many point to a hard, often barely tolerable existence that did indeed parallel some of the harsh conditions of begone centuries; painted well is taffy-less existence, where though configurable, there was less opportunity or, in contexts so configured, necessity to play with perception. A kaleidoscope after all is a device that enables visual taffy (as does the kaleidoscope generator you can play with by A few years ago (five? six? more?) when regular high fructose corn syrup sweetened Pepsi lime was available in many US markets, I became a fan. And when the product was discontinued, I tried —unsuccessfully— adding bottled lime juice (Rose's) by the eyedropper-ful into the beverage, adding drops of Realime juice, in desperation a drop or two of Seven-up for good sweet measure, and finally some fresh squeezed, but without accessing the taste for which apparently there is no substitute (definitely not the still-available diet Pepsi lime) for authentic manufacturer recipe formula —with both real and artificial flavors— of Pepsi lime. As a treat to myself, I did buy a $40.00 12-can pack of the genuine product from Soda Finder.com where the last of his cases from the last bottling (five years ago? six? more?) are available for a mere $60.00, but recently, just a couple of months ago, while in Windsor, Ontario at the Real Canadian Superstore, I saw a display stacked high with high fructose corn syrup sweetened Pepsi lime, on sale that day for $4.97 a case! I have just one case left in the garage so I'll need to return to Canada soon to restock the coffers (before the beverage is discontinued there). At bevnet.com, a Canuck praises the revival of Pepsi Lime in Canada, relates a story about company interest that Coca-cola took in response to a suggestion he sent to the company when he was in grade-school. He was heard; his opinion mattered, so perhaps, it's easy top infer, his contacting Pepsi about Pepsi Lime and Pepsi Vanilla has had some measurable impact.
Pepsi lime of Canada sponsored Step into the Limelight, a competition for a chance to present the Fan Choice Award at the Juno Awards on 18 April 2010.
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I contacted Dove chocolate (US) wondering whether or nor Dove Dusk (a blend of milk and dark Dove chocolate) would or could become available in the US, and my question was not met with the kind reception that David Canuck experienced contacting Goliath corporations. A terse reply: no. If you don't know Dove Dusk, 