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To: Dr. Franklin; Republican Wildcat; Harmless Teddy Bear
It is named for a barrel that held soda crackers in the old style general stores. Literally a "cracker barrel."

Hence, the cracker barrel pictured directly in the store's logo:


114 posted on 08/13/2025 9:02:08 AM PDT by Albion Wilde (If [mortals] are so wicked with religion, what would they be without it? —Benjamin Franklin)
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To: Albion Wilde
Hence, the cracker barrel pictured directly in the store's logo:

Right, and the old white guy leaning on the barrel is obviously a cracker.
116 posted on 08/13/2025 9:43:16 AM PDT by Dr. Franklin ("A republic, if you can keep it." )
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