October 30, 2011

Mrs. Fisher dreamed of Heaven.

And in Mrs. Fisher’s Heaven, Mr. Peanut was God, and his Son was a Spud. And the Son of God wore a bellboy’s cap upon His head, and He so loved the little children that He wrenched their arms from out the sockets and extended his sprouts unto them, and they danced in a ring. And the Son of God was merry, and the Son of God was ashamed.

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  1. Sheila Ryan on October 30th, 2011 at 4:52 pm

    It’s the Henry Darger children that really got me.

  2. Sheila Ryan on October 30th, 2011 at 4:53 pm

    Also, I ate a couple of the chips. They were horrid. They reminded me of a horror of my childhood: dehydrated “shoestring potatoes” in cans.

    This is a popular brand in northern Illinois and southern Wisconsin.

  3. Deron Bauman on October 30th, 2011 at 4:59 pm

    In thy mercy.

  4. Sheila Ryan on October 30th, 2011 at 5:03 pm

    Since 1932.

  5. Sheila Ryan on October 30th, 2011 at 5:13 pm

    Note: Mrs. Fisher’s POTATO CHIP. Not CHIPS.

    VITA SEALD.

  6. Sheila Ryan on October 30th, 2011 at 5:15 pm

    It’s a Rockford thing. I don’t understand.

  7. Rick Neece on October 30th, 2011 at 5:38 pm

    Must be a Rockford thing. I loved them. When we got them. We didn’t get them often. I remember them being super crunchy. And a little on the bland side, ‘cept for the salt.

    Don’t mind me, I’m just remembering.

  8. Sheila Ryan on October 30th, 2011 at 5:43 pm

    Maybe they’ve, eh, changed. The few times I’ve eaten them, they tasted distinctly rancid even when purportedly fresh. Not something I imagine in your mouth. Not something I’d imagine you’d enjoy in your mouth.

  9. Sheila Ryan on October 30th, 2011 at 5:45 pm

    Honestly, Ricky Cameron, I’m not prissy, as I’m sure you know, but it’s the kiddies and the rancid oil.

  10. Rick Neece on October 30th, 2011 at 9:06 pm

    Sheila, I can’t do rancid, I can smell/taste it a mile off. Maybe your bag of Mrs. Field’s were as old as I am. Some things don’t weather as well as you and I do.

    Smootch!

  11. Deron Bauman on October 30th, 2011 at 9:13 pm

    Maybe ‘Since 1932′ was the packaging date.

  12. Sheila Ryan on October 30th, 2011 at 9:33 pm

    500,000 thousand Midwesterners can’t be wrong. Can they?

  13. Rick Neece on October 30th, 2011 at 9:46 pm

    GODAMMIT! I meant “Mrs. Fisher’s.”

    “Best if used before February 04 2012.”

    Sheila, you got a bad bag. Try ‘em again.

  14. Sheila Ryan on October 30th, 2011 at 10:36 pm

    And I meant just 500,000! Anyway, I’ll try again.

  15. David on October 31st, 2011 at 9:53 am

    These are one of two things I miss since leaving Rockford.

  16. Sheila Ryan on October 31st, 2011 at 11:02 am

    Okay, I reckon I got a batch that should not have passed Quality Control. I’ll try one more time. And I did buy a Mrs. Fisher’s T-shirt.