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Or Else: 1938
Submitted by Dave on Thu, 03/22/2012 - 1:05pm.
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October 1938. "Sign at Rice Festival in Crowley, Louisiana." Alternate title: "The Ballad of Competing (and Possibly Complementary) Imperatives." 35mm nitrate negative by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
Minimum Daily Noise Requirement
Submitted by tterrace on Thu, 03/22/2012 - 5:19pm.
Imagine the racket if you poured Coke over a bowlful of Rice Krispies.
White rice & Coke ???
Submitted by PJ on Thu, 03/22/2012 - 4:51pm.
I can only hope they locked the bell towers and kept an eye on the hypoglycemics.
Three verbs
Submitted by Maniak Productions on Thu, 03/22/2012 - 1:38pm.
Several "calls to action" here, eat and drink being my favorites!
I see a lawsuit coming!
Submitted by pwilliam56 on Thu, 03/22/2012 - 1:36pm.
I can hear Chick-fil-A's lawyers salivating over this.
Eat rice, drink Coke
Submitted by Mark Dyer on Thu, 03/22/2012 - 1:22pm.
I don't think the potential for humor escaped Russell Lee.
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