Thursday, July 15, 2010

Now that's innovation!

Many interesting things came into the world around the 1830's: Mormonism, Jehovah's Witnesses, the rapture theory... but most notable of all, without a doubt, is --- the mustache cup! In our visit to Elbow, Saskatchewan today, we stopped in at the little museum of Elbow, and this gem was just waiting to be found:


Because of the glorious mustaches of those days, a clever 'mustache guard' was put into place, more visible in this angle:

3 comments:

  1. Great! I'll have to look for that next time I visit. Did you see my grandmother's swimsuit?

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  2. Really? How cool that your family is represented in the museum!

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  3. I've totally been there and I remember that cup!! Funny how it never took off. ;)

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