tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post3694066443889973561..comments2024-03-18T09:00:31.992-04:00Comments on Doctor Grumpy in the House: In days of yore...Grumpy, M.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/09858110332436246760noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-92145141544272321062013-06-17T11:20:49.294-04:002013-06-17T11:20:49.294-04:00Pemberton did claim that it was a cure for morphin...Pemberton did claim that it was a cure for morphine addiction, (among other things) not necessarily *his* addiction.<br /><br />http://cocacolacompany.net/?p=8Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17558276178771574349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-28802715485813569252013-06-17T09:34:11.923-04:002013-06-17T09:34:11.923-04:00The white-on-black printing, exactly matching the ...The white-on-black printing, exactly matching the typeface of the black-on-white printing, gives it away. That can't be done with letterpress technology. It's digital, or at least photographic. In 19th-century posters, if there is writing on things like the black bottle, it's hand-engraved.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-54061674711780255952013-06-17T09:17:40.058-04:002013-06-17T09:17:40.058-04:00@ronstew:
Freud was actually the one that suggeste...@ronstew:<br />Freud was actually the one that suggested cocaine would cure a morphine addiction, not the guy that invented Coca-Cola (Pemberton)Jen Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02627948857260467381noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-39394319278791723332013-06-17T03:00:09.226-04:002013-06-17T03:00:09.226-04:00As I recall (but am too lazy to check) the guy who...As I recall (but am too lazy to check) the guy who invented Coca-Cola was trying to use cocaine to cure his morphine addiction.ronstewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11809825961862332106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-89945782507011351152013-06-16T09:17:53.097-04:002013-06-16T09:17:53.097-04:00Happy Father's Day, Grumpy! (from a regular r...Happy Father's Day, Grumpy! (from a regular reader and infrequent commenter)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-34282250925552177772013-06-16T08:37:08.789-04:002013-06-16T08:37:08.789-04:00Amusing. I'm with anonymous at 10:55, though. ...Amusing. I'm with anonymous at 10:55, though. Copious is misspelled, the use of the word "new" is questionable, and there's an agreement problem with drunkard/they/their instead of drunkard/he/his, among other things (can you gain a new want?). Could be the work of a 21st century artisan, all right. <br />--Queen Anne's LaceAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-84591010913196892122013-06-15T22:09:22.028-04:002013-06-15T22:09:22.028-04:00But, is it artisan?But, is it artisan?B Pinchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14001494243405262617noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-1608313484961433212013-06-15T17:30:04.127-04:002013-06-15T17:30:04.127-04:00Would YOU pass that if you were me?Would YOU pass that if you were me?The Bishop of Norwichnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-43177541179480255492013-06-15T16:23:30.299-04:002013-06-15T16:23:30.299-04:00Sure, trade one addiction for another. Genius for ...Sure, trade one addiction for another. Genius for the product people, but not so much for the alcoholic.RehabRNhttp://rehabrn.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-34865076997439100912013-06-15T12:31:39.654-04:002013-06-15T12:31:39.654-04:00Yep, I think that would be enough to make me never...Yep, I think that would be enough to make me never want to drink again.<br /><br />Granted, I'd probably also be dead. But, you know. Still works!Jen Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02627948857260467381noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-82838836054293451132013-06-15T12:05:23.210-04:002013-06-15T12:05:23.210-04:00times used to be so much simpler.....and more fun!...times used to be so much simpler.....and more fun!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-36478589964791907692013-06-15T11:04:20.299-04:002013-06-15T11:04:20.299-04:00Oh my!!! Oh my!!! bobbiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14353836074794786357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-49712859041223828722013-06-15T10:55:24.060-04:002013-06-15T10:55:24.060-04:00I think it is a 21st-century spoof. The typeface ...I think it is a 21st-century spoof. The typeface looks like something recently designed. The term "alcoholics" wasn't widely used until well after the 19th-century patent medicine era.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com