[IBC] Now if THIS isn't a recommendation to improve bonsai I don't know what is!
 

BT issue 92 has a 1/3 page Stuporthrive ad that says (in
addition to its so many other claims to greatness) that it was
"USED BY FIVE U.S. DEPARTMENTS TO HELP WIN WORLD WAR II."

No doubt the Allies bombed it onto the Black Forest and made the
trees grow so fast the Panzers couldn't push through. Or
something.

It also, says the ad, is both an "invigorator" and a
"normalizer," whatevertheH--- that is, though it seems
"normalizer" would be be the anthesis of an "invigorator."

All this huckster needs is a fancy cart and a mule, along with
some dancing girls to attract a crowd, and hesheit would be
indistinguishable from those old travelling snake oil and magic
elixir shills that used to ply the roads in the Middle Ages (and
the Great Depression, which was about the same).

I guess this is the first time I've seen the label on the bottle
in print large enough for my old eyes to focus on. ;-)

Jim Lewis - - Tallahassee, FL - Only where
people have learned to appreciate and cherish the landscape and
its living cover will they treat it with the care and respect it
should have - Paul Bigelow Sears.

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I would be guessing the five departments would be the military. I
bought a small bottle of the elixir once, and when I opened it all I
could think of was the liquid vitamins we gave our son as an infant in
the early 70's - 1/4 dropper full at first, then 1/2 at 6 months, full
at 1 year. Adults in the military must have been chugging the stuff.

(Jim Lewis) wrote in message news:413DDD90.2718.1F58E98@localhost...
BT issue 92 has a 1/3 page Stuporthrive ad that says (in
addition to its so many other claims to greatness) that it was
"USED BY FIVE U.S. DEPARTMENTS TO HELP WIN WORLD WAR II."

No doubt the Allies bombed it onto the Black Forest and made the
trees grow so fast the Panzers couldn't push through. Or
something.

It also, says the ad, is both an "invigorator" and a
"normalizer," whatevertheH--- that is, though it seems
"normalizer" would be be the anthesis of an "invigorator."

All this huckster needs is a fancy cart and a mule, along with
some dancing girls to attract a crowd, and hesheit would be
indistinguishable from those old travelling snake oil and magic
elixir shills that used to ply the roads in the Middle Ages (and
the Great Depression, which was about the same).

I guess this is the first time I've seen the label on the bottle
in print large enough for my old eyes to focus on. ;-)

Jim Lewis - - Tallahassee, FL - Only where
people have learned to appreciate and cherish the landscape and
its living cover will they treat it with the care and respect it
should have - Paul Bigelow Sears.

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++++Sponsored, in part, by Evergreen Gardenworks++++
************************************************** ******************************
-- The IBC HOME PAGE & FAQ: http://www.internetbonsaiclub.org/ --
+++++ Questions? Help? e-mail +++++