It's the SUNDAY FUNNIES meets the DOUBLE MINT TWINS of 1934!

For those who have been coming here for awhile you'll be familiar with the Double Mint Twins of 1934. Heck, there are people all over the net who are now familiar with the Twins judging by how often they show up in searches. But just in case you can go here to see the post.

Now why would I bring this up? Well, just take a look at today's Sunday Funny and see if you don't see a certain similarity. And dare I say it...do I mention its name again? LOG CABIN SYRUP. There, I've said it and readers are clicking off the page as fast as they arrived. NO, NO, NOT MORE LOG CABIN! Calm your

fears worried readers. There is no running can of syrup in this post. What we do have is competition for Log Cabin. Another sleep aid, but these folks are serious about it. I'm thinking a breakfast of pancakes with Log Cabin and a glass of Ovaltine and you're out like a light!

This add appeared in the December 1933 Delineator.

So what have we learned from all of this?

1. Double Mint Gum is good for your complexion.
2. Log Cabin Syrup will put you to sleep, disrupt your marriage, make children disappear.
3. Ovaltine, taking itself far too serious, "restores your tissues as you sleep."

Who said we didn't need the FDA? Leave it to advertisers to tell the truth.

Now, who out there amongst you is going to rewrite the speech bubbles? I'm thinking there's a Scot in Spain just itching to go for it.

And just for snark sake

Once again THE EYES HAVE IT

Wish I had something clever to say but my mind is runnin' on empty. Okay, it's specifically running on Ambien which I stupidly took too soon which now has me wondering if I'll actually even take the muscle relaxant for the dislocated jaw. Oh whatever. Let's all pretend we're this lovely lady with the come hither eyes. Probably lived on Park Avenue and only knew about the Depression when her car drove quickly by the people standing in food lines. I'm being mean. She was probably a nice lady...just like the wives of the Wall Street honchos with the humongous gross out bonuses. Oh it's time for me to hit the sack. My cursor is starting to look like a little bug on the screen and soon I'll be down the hall spreading Nutella on a tortilla and then completely forgetting about it until I wake up the next morning and find chocolate on my toothbrush. Ambien...a dangerous dance with the pharmaceutical devil.

But back to this lady. Ummmmmmmmm...I know nothing other than she was illustrated by Dynevor Rhys. I posted two more of his illustrations back in October.

Click on image to see it larger. (Source: Delineator, December 1931) 

Talk amongst yourselves. Today's discussion is on the NRA. NO not that one. Not the one that thinks people should have a gun in each pot and four semi-autmatics loaded under the bed just in case a deer walks by. No this is the National Recovery Act and how desperately do we need one now? You can see the eagle logo in the lower left portion of the cover. Here's a bit of history about the logo:

The Blue Eagle, a blue-colored representation of the American "thunderbird," with outspread wings, was a symbol used in the United States by companies to show compliance with the National Industrial Recovery Act. It was proclaimed on July 20, 1933, as the symbol of industrial recovery by Hugh Samuel Johnson, the head of the National Recovery Administration.

The design was sketched by Johnson, and based on an idea utilized by the War Industries Board during World War I.

All companies that accepted President Franklin D. Roosevelt's Re-employment Agreement or a special Code of Fair Competition were permitted to display a poster showing the Blue Eagle together with the announcement, "NRA Member. We Do Our Part." Consumers were exhorted to buy products and services only from companies displaying the Blue Eagle banner. According to Johnson, "When every American housewife understands that the Blue Eagle on everything that she permits into her home is a symbol of its restoration to security, may God have mercy on the man or group of men who attempt to trifle with this bird."

On September 5, 1935, following the invalidation of the compulsory code system, the emblem was abolished and its future use as a symbol was prohibited. (Source: Wikipedia)

UPDATE: Wow I figured this would be bad when I looked at it this morning but not that bad. This is what happens when you mix a piece of fudge at bedtime and an Ambien. Above is the cleaned up version. My best friend alerted me to my stupidity. Sistee Lister indeed!