Expectations Dashed

Imagine this:

You were a 7th-grade boy and a classmate gave you an envelope. Inside it, you were expecting to find the school picture of the cute girl from your homeroom that you had a crush on. … Instead, upon opening it what you got was a photo of the elderly school librarian.

That’s probably similar to how young collectors felt when they ripped open a pack of Topps baseball cards in the late ’50s and got a card of a baseball executive. … Argh !!

Prime Fodder for Bike Spokes:

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Sticking with the Middle School analogy …

⚾️ ⚾️ ⚾️  Ford Frick looks like he would fit right in as the school’s Principal.

Warren Giles makes one think of a kindly old history teacher.  ⚾️ ⚾️ ⚾️

⚾️ ⚾️ ⚾️  Watch out for William Harridge, Vice Principal in charge of discipline.

Here comes “Old Man Harridge !!!”

THIS PIECE BY MARK A. LARSON WAS
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