Pulling a foul tasting trick on your friends has been around a long, long time, and one hot example is this funny little vintage box of "Hot Pepper Tooth Picks" from a half century or more ago. Made by Fun Incorporated, (Chicago) this is a cutely designed, and very small cardboard box totally loaded with wooden toothpicks that are absolutely saturated with something extra spicy hot. I'm not sure its exactly "pepper" that I'm tasting, but it will make you screech "WOW! --and how! Also, your friends will actually HATE you for it! Fun! Love the box illustrations.
Its kind of scary they've retained all that heat for that long!
ReplyDeleteYeah, this is the kind of joke that gets you punched, but I love the laughing lady on the packing and the poor guy that looks like he's lost a tooth to the heat. Again: Good use of limited colors.
This gag item should make a comeback since spicy and hot sauce is quite popular today. Tabasco flavored toothpicks, sriracha flavored toothpicks, etc.
ReplyDeleteWe need to set up a Go Fund Me page to get this idea off the ground.
I agree with JMR777. If I had a choice between mild and spicy toothpicks I would opt for the latter every time. Also... maybe we could test out hot pepper silverware, too?
ReplyDeleteI like the devil's antlers on that prankster lady.
I didn't notice that her hair curl was actually a horn, good eye Mr. Cavin.
DeleteYou guys are kookoo! She’s wearing a red hat (matches her dress), it’s just blending in with the background color lol
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