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Harold von Braunhut, Seller of Sea Monkeys, Dies at 77
NY Times ^
| 12/21/03
| DOUGLAS MARTIN
Posted on 12/21/2003 10:51:42 PM PST by lowbridge
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posted on
12/21/2003 10:51:43 PM PST
by
lowbridge
To: Admin Moderator
needs excerpting
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posted on
12/21/2003 10:53:15 PM PST
by
lowbridge
("Is it just me, or is Kwanzaa becoming way too commercialized?" -Ann Coulter)
To: lowbridge
I bought some sea monkeys for my 3-year-old daughter back in 1980. They really did hatch into little brine shrimp, and she was quite amused by them until she accidentally spilled them on the carpet. They were too tiny to save.
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posted on
12/21/2003 11:04:01 PM PST
by
Jeff Chandler
(Chilling Effect-1, Global Warming-0)
To: lowbridge
He sold invisible goldfish by guaranteeing that owners would never see them.One of the world's great sales pitches.
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posted on
12/21/2003 11:24:07 PM PST
by
per loin
To: lowbridge
Has anyone tried dunking him in a vat of water to see what happens?
-PJ
To: Political Junkie Too
Has anyone tried dunking him in a vat of water to see what happens?Both my wife and I laughed pretty hard at that one.
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posted on
12/21/2003 11:35:16 PM PST
by
Justice
To: Justice
Man, I was one disappointed kid the day those X-Ray Specs. arrived.
To: lowbridge
He sold invisible goldfish by guaranteeing that owners would never see them.He sold these to liberals?
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posted on
12/21/2003 11:53:43 PM PST
by
GeronL
(Saddam is out of the hole and into the quagmire!)
To: lowbridge
After reading this obit, I think that someone should do a movie like "Ed Wood" on this guy. Call Johnny Depp!
To: GeronL
To: lowbridge; Lazamataz
Damn.........
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posted on
12/22/2003 12:32:28 AM PST
by
Squantos
(Support Mental Health !........or........ I'LL KILL YOU !!!!)
To: Rodney Dangerfield
"
Man, I was one disappointed kid the day those X-Ray Specs. arrived."
What was wrong with them?
To: lowbridge
The sea monkey industry will never be the same.
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posted on
12/22/2003 2:02:45 AM PST
by
exnavy
To: lowbridge; Timesink
But Mr. von Braunhut's pièce de résistance was Sea Monkeys .... His extravagant claims ... are convincing because they are sort of true. Like the NYT's reporting.
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posted on
12/22/2003 2:11:46 AM PST
by
martin_fierro
(Holder of an M.A. degree in The Obvious)
To: Squantos
"look at me, I'm living free, free and clean amoung the sea people!"
"They never complain, they don't call me fat, never make me do homework or nothing like that!"
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posted on
12/22/2003 3:40:54 AM PST
by
KantianBurke
(Don't Tread on Me)
To: Rodney Dangerfield
Man, I was one disappointed kid the day those X-Ray Specs. arrived. LOL! No kidding. That and the money trick (put $1 through the rollers, out comes $20).
To: lowbridge
I always wanted some Sea Monkeys. My mother wouldnt ever let me have them, said they were just brine shimp. I didnt care what kind of shrimp they were, they were Sea Monkeys and I wanted them!
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posted on
12/22/2003 5:03:05 AM PST
by
EuroFrog
(A chicken by any other name still tastes like chicken.)
To: New Horizon
"LOL! No kidding. That and the money trick (put $1 through the rollers, out comes $20)."A friend of mine claimed he could make zillions with his new invention ...
Powdered Water!
He just couldn't figure out what to mix it with.
Merry Christmas to all.
Please correct those that wish you a happy holiday.
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posted on
12/22/2003 5:04:54 AM PST
by
knarf
(A place where anyone can learn anything ... especially that which promotes clear thinking.)
To: lowbridge
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posted on
12/22/2003 5:13:13 AM PST
by
P.O.E.
To: lowbridge
The NASA version:
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posted on
12/22/2003 5:35:47 AM PST
by
facedown
(Armed in the Heartland)
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