Remember This Guy?

[RadishRose]

 

[Ameriscot]

Yep!

 

[AZ Jim]

Used to love Mr. Peanut bars. Mmmmmmmm

 

[Temperance]

I too loved Mr. Peanut Bars AZ Jim. And yes, remember those Mr. Peanut ads.

 

[Meanderer]

Mrs Peanut was the gal who stayed home and raised all the little peanuts!

 

[jujube]

I have a Mr. Planters Peanut bank from when I was a young'un. The plastic is so brittle I'm afraid to do anything with it.

 

[SifuPhil]

The town I live in, Wilkes Barre (PA), is the home of Mr. Peanut. It was founded in 1906 by an Italian, Amedeo Obici.

Of course, this being Wilkes Barre, home of the idiots, they tore down the factory a few years ago even though a citizen's group tried to preserve it as a museum. Now it's an empty, weedy, bottle-strewn lot, like much of the rest of Wilkes Barre.

 

[SeaBreeze]

I do, isn't he still around?

 

[Rocky]

I have a couple jars, shaped like Mr. Peanut ... I use them to collect loose change. Can't even remember how old those are!

 

[RadishRose]

The town I live in, Wilkes Barre (PA), is the home of Mr. Peanut. It was founded in 1906 by an Italian, Amedeo Obici.

Of course, this being Wilkes Barre, home of the idiots, they tore down the factory a few years ago even though a citizen's group tried to preserve it as a museum. Now it's an empty, weedy, bottle-strewn lot, like much of the rest of Wilkes Barre.

Didn't know it was Wilkes Barre, Phil. My parents were from Scranton.

 

[Meanderer]

 

[SifuPhil]

Didn't know it was Wilkes Barre, Phil. My parents were from Scranton.

Ah, The Electric City! They do most things better than Wilkes Barre, including the recent St. Patrick's Day parade.

 

[Shirley]

Did you ever pour them in your Coke?

 

[Meanderer]

Did you ever pour them in your Coke?

I tried it once, but the peanuts got stuck in my nose.

 

[Meanderer]

 

[oakapple]

Didn't know it was Wilkes Barre, Phil. My parents were from Scranton.

Is that Scranton New Jersey? The Office!!

 

[oakapple]

The town I live in, Wilkes Barre (PA), is the home of Mr. Peanut. It was founded in 1906 by an Italian, Amedeo Obici.

Of course, this being Wilkes Barre, home of the idiots, they tore down the factory a few years ago even though a citizen's group tried to preserve it as a museum. Now it's an empty, weedy, bottle-strewn lot, like much of the rest of Wilkes Barre.

i thought that Americans loved history? Surely the factory could have been used to house something?

 

[oakapple]

Meanderer, those are really ace cartoons!

 

[oakapple]

We used to buy them at the greengrocer in their shells, we called them monkey nuts.