Sorry, Charlie!

 

The Sunday NYT reveals that someone in California has filed a class action suit against a large purveyor of sandwiches alleging there is no tuna fish in their tuna sandwiches. This comes as a shock to me as my daily luncheon menu includes a delicious home made tuna salad sandwich. While it is true that the "redder" tuna heads for the sushi restaurants, I don't feel they are treating me as a second class citizen i.e. "What am I , chopped liver?"

After all, Charlie the Tuna has been around for sixty years with his reputation "on the line". But I do insist on certain norms - drained in water - not oil. Similar to James Bond's insistence on - shake, don't stir! But please don't burn my toast! tjs 

A Whale of a time.

 In the Old Testament Book of Jonah it describes him being swallowed by a whale and he remains in the belly for three days until God released him. But today we have an item datelined Provincetown, Mass where a lobsterman while diving bumped into a humpback whale and found himself in the whale's mouth. He had breathing equipment and after twenty seconds the whale spit him out. Perhaps he wanted mayo on his lobster  or maybe the man's deodorant caused him to be rejected or expectorated - sort of like Charley the Tuna being nixed. Truth is stranger than fiction. tjs

Quotes of the week

 

Poor Anna Wintour of Conde Nast - fourteen years ago she was satirized by Meryl Streep in "The Devil wears Prada". This week her home has been picketed by protesters shouting "Bosses wear Prada - workers get nada!"

European soccer (football) is under pressure to squeeze eight months of activity into six. Their unwritten rule is not to mention the F word - in this case the word is "fatigue"

Re - Donald Trump - 'He is not the future, and Republicans need to stop fearing him." - Barbara Comstock (R) Virginia Republican and former member of Congress.

tjs

Marital Bliss

 

As June is the time for weddings, we recently noted a fashion item that mentioned Elizabeth Taylor's eight wedding dresses. They were all white (!) For economy one would think that some could be reused. But can you name all the grooms? There is no prize for this trivia but here they are: Hilton - Wilding - Todd - Fisher - Burton (twice) - Warner - and Fortensky  Just like a revolving door. And they lived happily ever after. tjs