Posting vignettes based on great postcards found in my mail box and elsewhere.

Saturday, August 15, 2009

Revealed: The Origin of the Cold Shoulder

Because this is one of the hottest summers in Interior Alaska, I thought I would cool things off a bit with this card which claims the origin of the phrases "Cold Shoulder" and "Icy Stare" came from the land of the Midnight Sun where men still outnumber women.


Postcard and photo by Tom Sadowski, 1983. This card was published by Tom Sadowski Films which unfortunately seems to have stopped filming. You can find a book by Tom here and enjoy similar pre-Photoshop images. The book chronicles the zaniness of three original Alaskan humorists traveling to Tok, Alaska.

2 comments:

  1. Are you saying that, in Alaska, these are the good ones? What a motley crew.

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  2. You're saying there is something wrong with these guys?

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