An Eighty-Third
Ego there, but something’s going;
Some things gone –
Both nice and nice’s antonym.
Prefix Nov- linguistics’ whim -
What does it stand for?
One cares less and dares much more.
Nov means nine but mine’s eleven:
8th November, month eleven.
November eighth; November, Nover.
Arlene Faith "is now in clover"*.
Some things gone –
Both nice and nice’s antonym.
Prefix Nov- linguistics’ whim -
What does it stand for?
One cares less and dares much more.
Nov means nine but mine’s eleven:
8th November, month eleven.
November eighth; November, Nover.
Arlene Faith "is now in clover"*.
Still, one has reached an eighty-three, (one being
me)
We’ll see
What life has left at all…
Life being so irrational.
Et al.
We’ll see
What life has left at all…
Life being so irrational.
Et al.
*written by my 6th grade teacher Mr Martin when I
graduated from public school
Birthday Cake Candle Extinguisher Patent Application -- Paul Bosak
Patent granted 9 Feb. 1963 US 3168983 A
"This invention relates to candle extinguishers and more particularly to a candle extinguisher for extinguishing lighted candles on birthday cakes and the like. Broadly, the invention comprises an elongated hollow sectional body with a base on one end for supporting the body on a supporting surface. The other end of the body is rounded and formed with a protuberance and a slot underneath simultating a nose and mouth of a human being. Marks simulating human eyes are placed on both sides of the nose. A supply of compressed air is supported inside the body in a fracturable can. A plunger in the form of a rod for fracturing the can extends outwardly of the body and is adapted to be slid inwardly for fracturing the can. The mouth slot serves as a discharge outlet for the air when the can is fractured and the body may be read [sic] of air will extinguish all of the lights in line with the mouth of the body. The body can be made in a decorative form simulating an animal, doll, toy soldiers, cannon or other toy figure or figurine. The air released from the fractured can passes out of the mouth of the body with considerable force to extinguish the lighted candles. The device is a useful and amusing party table decoration. It serves the useful function of extinguishing candles mechanically. This device fulfills a long-felt need at birthday parties for small children who may have in sufficiently forceful breath to extinguish candles on a cake. The device avoids the fire hazard commonly encountered when small children approach too close to lighted candles in an attempt to blow them out. The device also avoids the unsanitary condition encountered when children inexpertly blow on candle and inadvertently expectorate upon the cake carrying the candles. The device is so simple and economical to manufacture that the device may be discarded after a single use. It is therefore one object of the invention to provide a device useful for extinguishing candles on a birthday or holiday cake. A further object is to provide a candle extinguisher in which a body contains a can of compressed air, with manually operable mean for fracturing the can to release the air through an opening in the body. Another object of the invention is to provide a candle extinguisher wherein the body is in the form of a figurine or toy figure."
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