The One About NOT Beige + 5 Exceptionally Random Links For Eggheads

/ Ally Bean

This advertisement appeared on my screen out of nowhere. I wasn’t looking for furniture. Beyond annoying me with its interloper-ness, this is not a beige nightstand; it’s a teal side table. Is there no truth to be found in advertising? 🤨

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5 EXCEPTIONALLY RANDOM LINKS FOR EGGHEADS

THIS is the Weird Old Book Finder.  It does exactly what it says it does.  Input a word, name, or concept then the finder will give you ONE result.  It’s fun, if’n you like surprises and spending time online goofing off.

[I’ve not tried this but on Twitter a few people have suggested that when creating a blackout poem you use a page from one of these old books.]

THIS is an article about cleaning superstitions from around the world.  Superstitions are, after all, part of a cultural language and the language we use shapes us. It’s interesting to explore how other cultures think about things– and what worries them.

THIS is the definition of the slang term ‘Pushing P’ that all the kids are using.  Or I guess they’re using it.  I’ve no kids to confirm the ubiquitousness of this term.  I’ll warn you that the term probably does not mean what you may be thinking it means.

THIS is a link to a cartoon of Mighty Manfred the Wonder Dog who was [still is?] Tom Terrific’s ever faithful companion.  This black & white footage of the old Captain Kangaroo classic terrytoon cartoon is on the Internet Archive website, home of the Wayback Machine.

THIS is an article that reviews in depth 4 Famous Red Velvet Cake Recipes.  I haven’t made a red velvet cake in decades, but if I was going to make one, maybe for Valentine’s Day, I’d make the winner, as proclaimed in this article.

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Follow the links my little Eggheads.  Then read, contemplate, return here, and discuss. I’ve no specific questions today. 

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167 thoughts on “The One About NOT Beige + 5 Exceptionally Random Links For Eggheads”

  3. Seems like sweeping away good luck is an issue across many cultures. I’d never heard of it until I married a Chinese American; not that he told me or even cares about superstitions, but I was researching the Lunar New Year traditions to make sure my son knew something of his heritage. So I make sure my son cleans his room the day before the Lunar New Year, lest he sweep away the good luck.

    Except we don’t sweep, we use a vacuum when cleaning, which makes me wonder if the superstition still holds. Because if we vacuum on New Year’s, wouldn’t he be sucking up all the good luck and storing it? I guess we couldn’t empty the vacuum for a year, though.

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    • AutumnAshbough, I’m laughing here. Your reasoning about sweeping versus vacuuming is sound, but I’ve no answer to your question. I wonder if the import of all superstitions about cleaning is to just do it on a timely basis, with a plan.

      When it comes to superstitions about brooms, I know about sweeping out corners with a new broom. My mother [Welsh Irish heritage] used to say that.

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  4. We never take out garbage after sunset but it’s because the raccoons might be in there. They figured out how to lift the lid, eat/tear up the garbage and get out before morning. I have surprised a couple by lifting the lid. Also alot about brooms….

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    • Martha, we have problems with raccoons, too. Although since we got sturdier trash cans they’ve backed off. Apparently brooms were something of note back in the day?

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  5. I always do the salt over the shoulder thing. I have no idea why or how I first learned to do it. How odd. It’s an involuntary action for me.

    I happened upon the weird book site just yesterday!

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    • nance, I grew up with the salt over the shoulder thing, too. My mother taught it to me so that I’d get salt in the Devil’s eyes before he saw that I’d wasted something.

      When I found the Weird Book Finder I began to goof around, then saved it for future goofing off. I need to spend more time with it.

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  6. What a delightfully random post! A little of this, a little of that…
    Blackout poetry sounds like it could be most interesting to try.
    The first cleaning superstition made sense, really. I mean if it’s dark, you won’t necessarily see that lost ring in your pile…
    That Weird Book Finder. Hah! I entered trouble sleeping and was sent some weird Woman’s Day magazine article! I could see endless hours of pfaffing ahead.
    Pushing P … not one I’ll pick up.
    Red Velvet cake – I haven’t made one in eons and, quite frankly, wondered what the bit whup is about it as it’s basically a tinted light chocolate cake with cream cheese frosting. However, I think I’ll actually try the winner should the occasion arise in the future! (I’ll have to save it in my One Note!
    Captain Kangaroo… boy did you bring me down memory lane with that one. Ahem.

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    • Dale, I want to try blackout poetry too. And using pages from old books sounds like fun. I predict that the Weird Book Finder is going to provide lots of entertainment.

      I haven’t eaten or made a Red Velvet Cake in years. I read the article with interest, just on a whim. Now I want to make one. Like you I’ll make the winner if I do make one.

      The Captain Kangaroo link stopped me in my tracks. I always LOVED Tom Terrific and Mighty Manfred– then to see the old cartoons. It did my heart good on a cold winter’s day. 💕

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      • I follow a blogger who uses old books and turns them into art journals. She paints over the words! I was, at first, aghast as I would never ever scribble in a book but then again, why not? I’m thinking I’ve quite a few old books that will never be re-read…

        I hardly ever bake anymore as I am the only one who ends up eating most of whatever it is I bake. My ace does not need any more padding, thank you very much!

        I loved Captain Kangaroo and everything to do with it!

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  9. I sort of love the weird book site. My daughter in law is a research librarian. I’m going to share this with her, see if she knows about it. Looking at cake has made me hungry so I will now go eat breakfast

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    • Deb, I stumbled over the Weird Book Search and fell in love with it. If you think I’m random, spend a few minutes there! I wonder what your DIL will say about it.

      I know what you mean about the article about cake. By the time I’d finished reading it, I was ready to go to the grocery and buy a Hostess cupcake– and I don’t much like sweets.

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  10. Beige??? Wow. (Though I’ve seen something similar in other products.)
    Thanks for the links. My grandmother was big on the salt over the shoulder. No idea why.
    I am old enough to remember Captain Kangaroo!!!

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    • L. Marie, that advertisement bothered me more than it should have. I realize it’s no big deal, but honestly… 😑

      I know why you throw salt over your shoulder. It’s so you get some in the Devil’s eyes before he sees you wasted some of it. At least that’s what I told as a child.

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  11. Those cleaning superstitions! Who knew brooms could be so full of power! I actually do clean the house on New Year’s Day, not because I think it will portend cleanliness for the year, but because that’s when I generally take down the Christmas stuff.

    Teal is the new beige, haven’t you heard?

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    • Nicole, I found the superstitions fascinating. I don’t know that I’m going to change my behaviors because of them, but interesting to know how other cultures envision doing things & why.

      I guess I haven’t heard that “teal is the new beige.” Well said! 😁

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  12. My nightstands don’t match, never have: one is wicker and the other painted beige-ISH with a marble slab on top. They both have books stacked against them which are in various stages of TBR.

    Sorry, I have no time to follow the links, (company’s coming tomorrow), but I will deposit this thought for your contemplation: “It is likely I will die next to a pile of things I was meaning to read.” ~ Lemony Snicket

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    • Marian, I’m all about eclectic so I like what you’re saying. We don’t even have two nightstands in our bedroom, just one– although in the guest bedroom there are two nightstands, but they don’t match. And none are teal.

      I like the Lemony Snicket quote. Following the links isn’t *mandatory* just something to do for those of us looking for something to do and talk about. Enjoy your time with friends.

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  13. Funnily enough, I came across that don’t clean on Lunar New Year the very day after I’d cleaned on this year’s Lunar New Year. I’m such an infrequent) cleaner that I took it as a serious portent of bad luck to come that I’d managed to clash with the one day when you really shouldn’t! 😀 I’m still planning on getting me a(nother) cleaner as my back was the best it’s even been during the few months I had the pleasure of one.

    Oh as as for Pushing P…. I have no words. Fortunately my “kid” is approaching 40, so I don’t see it troubling my life.

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    • Deb, that’s pretty ironic. You clean on the one day you’re not supposed to clean if you believe in the superstition which you don’t, but maybe you should. I tell you when it comes to housework, you’re damned if you do, damned if you don’t! 😉

      I won’t be adding Pushing P to my personal lexicon, but I felt it was important to share this information here lest I be accused of not doing my best to keep my gentle readers up-to-date.

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  14. That is the goofiest ad, what on earth? That is NOT a beige table. Huh? Maybe the angle is to get people to click the link to see if they do indeed have any beige tables.

    I wanted to know what ‘pushing p’ means in order to stay current – wouldn’t my kids be surprised if I was in the know? After reading the article, I’m still not quite sure I know how to use it properly. I’ve yet to hear my kids use it, so I think I’m safe.

    I was a huge fan of Captain Kangaroo, but I do not remember that cartoon.

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    • Ernie, THANK YOU. That ad bothered the snot out of me when I first saw it, then the more I looked at it the more irritated I became. I didn’t click on it, but you may be right that it was a weird bait and switch.

      I don’t know which kids are saying it, as in what ages or where they live, BUT you’re prepared should you hear it.

      I loved Tom Terrific and Mighty Manfred. The cartoons were in black and white with simple drawings. I think that’s why they appealed to me as a child, I found them unique, nothing like all the other colorful cartoons I remember.

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  15. Yup, Weird Old Book Finder is going to be a time suck. tried for a book I’ve been trying to track down for years, no luck but this reminded me to try the Library of Congress. Despite coming from a superstition prone culture I can’t remember any cleaning superstitions but there is always cutlery superstitions – drop a fork a woman will visit, drop a knife a man will visit etc. I’ve never seen Captain Kangaroo – by the time it came on I was already too old to watch such shows and my 7 years younger brother never watched it. I was never a cartoon kid – except for Gerald McBoing-Boing – to this day I still talk in sound effects…

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    • Grace I know! Weird Old Book Finder drew me in immediately. When I have some free time I’m going to apply myself to it in earnest.

      I don’t know anything about dropping cutlery and what that means. I wonder how any superstition begins, let alone ones as specific as dropping a fork or knife.

      I don’t know Gerald McBoing-Boing. It might be a cartoon available via the Wayback Machine. I liked cartoons but most were on only on Saturday morning– and I had chores and music lessons then, so I didn’t see as many as I wanted.

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      • Gerald McBoing-Boing can be found on Youtube. Cartoons when I was a kid were on like all the time! Afternoons into early evening – my father watched more than we did – he loved Yogi bear and whatever character said “Exit stage right” with a lisp and he LOVED Soupy Sales and the characters on that show.

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  16. Cleaning superstitions intrigue me, actually all superstitions do. I have a few of my own. They aren’t logical or rational; they’re at a sub-conscious level. My family’s birthday cake used to be the red devil. I’ll have to see how these recipes compare.

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    • Margaret, I wasn’t aware of cleaning superstitions like the ones in the article. I found it a glimpse into other cultures which, of course, intrigued me. I haven’t made a red devil cake in so long that I doubt I have a recipe from when I did. However after reading the reviews, I know which recipe I’d use IF I were to make one. Wonder which one will ring true with you!

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      • Our red devil’s food cake isn’t there. It calls for a multi-stage process, one of them involving mixing vinegar and baking soda and folding in to the batter. The frosting requires making a white sauce then adding the cooled mixture to a blend of granulated sugar, butter and vanilla. And massive amounts of whipping!

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  18. So that’s what pushin P means? That’s corny!
    Now the cleaning link is my kind of link. I’m a cleaning fool and I follow aa few of the superstitions, especially your house being clean on New Year’s Day.

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  21. When I first read the sentence I thought it meant cleaning the world of superstitions, as in getting rid of superstitions. One of my big projects for this year is to really clean our whole house, getting into forgotten corners and back into cabinets, etc. I suppose I should read the list before I actually tackle any of those projects. Don’t want to have the wrong vibes going on! Definitely a teal nightstand.

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    • Janet, I can see how you thought what you thought about cleaning the world of superstitions. I’d like to get this house into cleaner, better shape, but I’m not doing that until after the bathroom remodeling. I know what a mess that makes.

      Thanks for your support and confirmation regarding beige versus teal. I don’t ask for much in advertisements, but when it comes to color for the love of all that is good and holy, state the correct color!

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  22. Other cultures fascinate me. My DIL is from China and boy, does she have some unusual ideas. LOL! I didn’t know about Pushing P, but I did know Cheugy. Do not remember the cartoon from Captain Kangaroo, but I was all about Bunny Rabbit and Mr. Moose! I’ve never been a fan of red velvet cake. Like, where’s the chocolate flavor? I don’t see the point! Thanks for the unusual links.

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    • Bijoux, the superstitions are fascinating. I don’t know that I’m changing how I do things, but interesting to get a glimpse into how other people think– which I take you’ve experienced with your DIL.

      I liked it when all the ping pong balls fell on Mr. Moose’s head. He never caught on, did he? I take your point about red velvet cake. I know it is trendy now, but I don’t crave it. However over the weekend, for Valentine’s Day, I might bake one. We’ll see if the mood strikes me.

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  23. The next time I visit or talk to #1 Grandson I’ll have to pay attention and see if he’s using the Pushing P new slang.
    Captain Kanaroo! That was one of favorite shows as a kid. Those cartoons were great I thought.

    I’ve never made Red Velvet cake preferring to buy it or cupcakes instead. 😀

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  24. I looked at the definition of Pushing P, because who could resist. Interesting. Maybe hopeful, possibly not. Then I did a few querys (is that the correct plural of query? Guess I should look that up.) and found out I do not have any ideas for good queries (that’s not the plural, is it?).

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    • Dawn, I think your second spelling for the plural of query is correct. If the Weird Book Search is fussy I’m sorry about that. I tried family names to see what I’d find. Not much, is the answer. As for ‘Pushing P’ I’m just not feeling it in my heart and mind to use that slang. Call me old– or sane.

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  25. I bit on the cleaning superstitions, and grinned. My Swedish grandmother often used one of her old country proverbs: “A new broom sweeps clean, but an old broom knows the corners.” That would be a great reason for buying a new broom for a new house. An old one would keep trying to sweep corners that weren’t there.

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  26. I just keep staring at that teal side table and feeling as though it is a metaphor for something, if only I were smart enough to understand it. Am *I* the teal side table, masquerading as a beige nightstand? Is there a teal side table inside of all of us? Are we to allow the teal side table to run free, in all its non-beige glory, or are we to be beige in name and teal in action? I think I need to get more sleep.

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    • Suzanne, I like your musings. I see that you’re able to find meaning and messages in images, rather like myself. I feel that I am a teal side table that is sometimes mistaken for a beige nightstand because people aren’t paying attention. I mean I can project teal all day long, but if no one bothers to look then how can I disabuse them of their conviction that I am beige?

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  28. The beige nightstand cracked me up! I enjoyed all the links, my favorite was the cleaning superstitions. My dad always did the salt over the shoulder if the shaker got knocked over, but that’s the only one I’d ever heard about. I forgot all about Terrytoon cartoons but recognized it immediately when I clicked on the clip. Now I’m craving a slice of red velvet cake!

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    • Martha, that advertisement bothers me more than it should. It’s wrong, wrong, wrong. I knew the salt superstition, too. I loved Tom Terrific so when I stumbled over Mighty Manfred I was tickled pink. You think you want a piece of cake? I’ve been talking about it all day. 😳

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  29. Hi, Ally – I liked the sounds of the Weird Old Bookfinder. I gave it a try using “Ally.” This is what I got:
    Ally Slopper’s Guide to the Paris Exhibition (with personal experiences of a painful nature relataed by A. Sloper himself. To which is added some literary luggage by Charles H. Ross and many pictures by Marie Duvall.) How cool is that?!

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  30. Quite an assortment – my grandmother always claimed that any work done on a Sunday would have to be undone up in Heaven which always left me wondering how I would undo all the leaf raking! Do leaves even fall off the trees in Heaven?

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    • Jan, what a wonderful question to be contemplating. I follow your logic, but cannot answer your question. I’ve never heard your grandmother’s claim, but it has its own charm about Sunday, the day of rest.

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  31. The only P I’m pushing is pretzels.
    OK, maybe punctuation, too.
    Although, pizza is pretty good, now that I think about it. Especially pepperoni. Double P there!
    Then there’s paprika, a well-utilized spice in my household.
    Pink Floyd rocks. Can I push an F with a P?
    “Pretty, pretty, pretty, pretty good” – Larry David.
    Pandas and penguins.
    Pasta and popcorn.
    Pretty, pretty please, prevent me from pursuing more.

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    • Mark, you’re taking this slang to a new level. I like your perfectly profound interpretation of it more than the official purposefully preposterous explanation of what it means to the kids.

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  32. After the caramelized orange cheesecake my husband made me for my birthday in early January, and the key lime pie I made my husband for his birthday in early February, we were just lamenting that we don’t have any special occasions for baking something yummy for a long time. Now, I’m thinking a red velvet cake for Valentines Day may be just the thing. One of these days, I really need to start my diet 😦

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  33. What fun links! I remember watching Captain Kangaroo, although I was partial to Romper Room. I don’t think I’ll be using “pushing P” anytime soon. I love the Weird Old Book finder. I’ve bookmarked that one :-). I have to admit I’m not much of a cake eater, but when I do eat cake, let it be Red Velvet!

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  34. After a day of proper cleaning avoiding all the don’t-do-this warnings, I’m sure I’d be ready for a break, so thanks for the book finder and cake recipes. My book recommendation was for a 1912 publication on manufacturing perfumes and cosmetics, including the use of synthetics. Sounds like a pretty heavy read, so no doubt a nice slice of cake would sweeten the task. I had no idea originally it was the reaction between cocoa and baking soda that made the Velvet cakes red. I somehow like that idea better than excessive amounts of red food coloring, Thumbs up for the fun list of links.

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    • Deborah, wonderful comment that got me smiling. I like your reasoning about after not cleaning one must indulge in reading and cake. IT MAKES SENSE. The variety of weird old books is endless from what I can tell. Some are deep, some are light. Some are books, some are PhD theses. It’s been fascinating to see what people find.

      Like you I was never thrilled with red velvet cakes because of the food coloring, but this article has made me re-think making one. The things you learn, eh?

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  35. You find AWESOME stuff on this interweb of ours! Idk how you found the book link, but I know I’m going to spend (too many 🙂 ) hours on it. I searched “beige nightstand” (of course 🙂 ), and got a very disturbing result 🙃

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  36. Haha, regarding the “beige” nightstand. My vision may be lousy, but I’m not that colorblind. It is curious why these advertisements spring up, although equally annoying, are the ones that continue to come because I once inadvertently clicked on an ad because my fingers slipped. 😊

    I had to investigate Pushing P to see what I was missing. As a long-time teacher of upper elementary students, I used to know my pop culture a bit, but now I’ve just an old fogy. I should throw in a Pushing P to my 29-year-old son to get an eye-roll, for old time’s sake. 😂

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    • Pete, yes, yes! I’ve accidentally hit something I have zero interest in– and then it follows me around like a hawk waiting for me to be its prey. Unnerving and annoying.

      I cannot confirm for sure that Pushing P is slang everywhere among all the kids, BUT lifehacker usually knows its stuff. Plus what’s the fun of being an OLD if you can’t bother the YOUNG once in a while?

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  39. Okay, I know that there are cool links and yes, I really hate how ads follow me around especially since I specifically tell Google not to do that…

    …but I am really entranced by the not-beige end table that I have no place to put and no need for but I really want. I’m busy re-arranging my bedroom in my head so that I can put that end table in there somewhere. I would pay for it with the money from my unicorn harvested donuts. It’s not really big enough and would probably be better in the foyer I don’t have.

    Stupid ads. Making me want something I don’t need since forever.

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    • Zazzy, I like the table, too. There’s nowhere for it in this house, especially since I’m trying to get rid of furniture and stuff. I agree with you that it’d look nice in your pretend re-arranged bedroom. Sadly I cannot tell you where to buy it because I never clicked on the ad. Showed them, didn’t I? 😉

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    • Kari, I think we all made the wrong assumption about what that slang phrase means. How could we not? I just printed out her recipe too. I figure it’d be fun to try one again. Glad you liked the links.

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  43. I’ve always been disappointed by a red velvet cake. The name is so beautiful, but the cake usually tastes ordinary. This one sounds good, though, especially with all that cream cheese and butter.

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    • Nicki, I don’t really remember much about red velvet cake. I haven’t eaten one in years, but the article did get me interested in them. IF I make one, it’ll be cupcakes. I’ve no interest in fussing around with layers.

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  44. Well, the first link led me to a 1900 Scientific American (magazine) article, which led me to wonder how old the magazine is. (My father always subscribed to it.) Turns out it was founded 1845 and is the oldest continuously published magazine in the US. The things one learns when spending time online goofing off. 😉

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    • Colleen, I know! I assumed it was going to be sexual, and it is far from it. Like you, I won’t be saying it. Adults trying to use teen slang end up sounding like fools. 🙄

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  46. Those links were fun Ally – as a person who does not bake, I do admit I was smitten with Smitten Kitchen’s Red Velvet cake. Why have I gotten this far in life without tasting Red Velvet cake? I figured it was the largest size, so if you’re going to indulge, might as well make it worth your while. Funny how “beige” looks these days – it sure isn’t a neutral shade either.

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    • Linda, I remember red velvet cakes being popular decades ago, but I never thought much of them. However after I got reading about their history and the reviews of the different recipes, I may bake one. [If I can find some cream cheese, which is in low supply around here.]. You’re right about what passes for beige now. Nothing neutral about it! 😉

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      • If you can’t do it for Valentine’s Day, try again for Washington’s birthday which is also coming up quickly. I have heard about the cream cheese shortage around here too. Nothing is easy is it?

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          • There used to be a big deal made about eating cherry pie on Washington’s birthday – that was way back when the government workers had Lincoln’s birthday and Washington’s birthday off, two Mondays in a row. So cherry pies or cobblers were a “thing” … my WordPress is wonky last night and now. I can’t post comments and as I am here responding to a comment, the left-side of my screen is going going thru other Reader posts and “liking”, then “unliking” and I posted a few comments last night which either didn’t post or were posted on other person’s sites. No words.

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            • I remember cherry pie at this time of year, now that you mention it. I’m having problems with my Likes being unliked on Instagram so I get what you’re saying about WP. Also, I’ve no idea why your comments are being held in moderation. WP gremlins are at it again, I guess.

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    • BernieLynn, I’ve never tried to write a blackout poem, but I can see how using a page from one of these old books could be fun. The table advertisement is so off from reality that I can’t figure what’s going on there. I didn’t click on the link because I don’t want a new table and because it is WRONG.

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    • Yvette, the link in the first comment on this post explains how to make a blackout poem. I thought to add it after I’d published the post, so I put it in a comment. Nice use of slang. Ha! I haven’t heard anyone say 411 in years.

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      • Ally! Love what you did with the blog roll….
        And sadly I was away from the blogosphere when the invitation went out – maybe I will catch it if you do it again in the future.
        Also, I already saw a few blogs I want to visit (and will say ally bean blog brought me here!
        And I saw a couple bloggers I used to know and it was a blast from true past A like “ben’s bitter blog” brought me back to at least six years ago.
        —
        Hope you have a nice day

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    • The Travel Architect, I only report what I find. I’ve yet to hear of an adult who knows this slang, so not surprised about your husband. I certainly won’t be adding it to my personal lexicon, but then I’m an Old.

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  51. I do wonder if the Not Beige end table advertiser is color blind? (side note: I have that same side table at our rental condo; I purchased it in beige and painted it white because I could not find a white one)

    I loved Captain Kangaroo as a kid, but I don’t remember this cartoon. Just looking at it and remembering how much work the cartoonist went through just to make each scene compared to animation now. *wipes brow in wonderment*

    I’ve not heard of any of the mentioned cleaning superstitions. Like never ever.

    Pushing what? 😏

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    • Suz, that advertisement bothers me more than it should. I know that, but it’s not beige. I wonder why they don’t make it in white? THAT seems like a good idea to me.

      I liked the Captain as a kid, too. I remembered the cartoon instantly. I agree that drawing those old cartoons must have been labor intensive, but we kids loved ’em.

      As for cleaning superstitions and pushing whatever, I only share what I find here. I didn’t go looking for either.

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  53. hahaha that ad for the “beige nightstand” was so off LOL… Honestly, I have never heard of the term Pushing P… I guess that means I’m not a young’n anymore … damnnnit!

    Funnily enough, one of the superstitions that that article mentions (not sweeping on NYE) is one I didn’t know about and when my friend mentioned it to me I thought she made it up! LOL

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    • bossybabe, the teal table is teal. The ad may try to convince me otherwise, but I know better.

      I didn’t know about most of the superstitions associated with cleaning. I don’t know that any of them are going to influence me, but a fun read. I like that your friend knew one of these– and that you doubted her? I’m sure I would have too.

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