I know those three.?ÿ Didn't go through it yet but I bet it includes Elsie the Cow for Borden's and Elmer the Bull for Elmer's Glue.
When I was young we had a milk cow named Eloise because she was the prior owner.?ÿ BTW, Eloise's husband really was named Elmer.?ÿ Their two children were Ella and Ethel.
I was getting all of them until I got tired of it and quit. I couldn't name a lot of them but recognized many among the choices, and the wrong answers quite often looked very wrong.
If anyone cares, there are 51 opportunities to get one wrong.?ÿ One appears twice.?ÿ I had to guess on a few after about the first 40 or so because they were products that were relatively unfamiliar to me.?ÿ Sad to say Elsie and Elmer did not make the list.?ÿ Nor did Uncle Ben or Aunt Jemima for some odd reason.?ÿ Not even Mrs. Butterworth.?ÿ Should have had a hillbilly from the early days of Mountain Dew.?ÿ No Clabber Girl either, probably because she seemed to be too domestic.?ÿ The Argo Starch woman did not show up.?ÿ Even Dino the Dinosaur promoting Sinclair products was extinct.?ÿ As was the MOBIL flying horsey (Pegasus).
The best known steer in Texas, Bevo, has been asking for a transfer to a different school since Saturday.
Apparently, his first appearance was in 1916.?ÿ I have to admit, he looks and runs mighty well considering his age.
Back in my day,?ÿ the KSU Wildcats had Touchdown, the greyish bobcat (wildcat) at all the games.?ÿ No more.?ÿ Touchdown XI was the last at games. The debut at games was in 1922 and the tradition continued until 1978.
