CANADA IS GETTING RID OF THEIR PENNY. The MINNEAPOLIS STAR TRIBUNE is running a poll asking if we should do the same in the U.S. The majority of the folks participating in the poll say YES
That reminds me of the "Penny Loafer". Remember those? The penny loafer was introduced by the G. H. Bass Shoe Company but it wasn't called a loafer. It was called a WEEJUN and guess why they called it that. Every Viking should know this.
The early "loafer" was called a Weejun because it was fashioned after the slip on shoes worn by Norwegian farmers! Now, I'll bet that's a bit of Norwegian history you didn't know!
In the 40's and 50's it wasn't a penny that us kids slipped into the band that ran across the front of the shoe. It was a dime. And, why a dime??
Remember, this was before the cell phone but kids were still addicted to talking on the phone and, in those days, the pay telephone was our cell phone and the price of a call was 10 cents. That's where the dime in the shoe came in handy!
Now, as Paul Harvey used to say, you know the rest of the story.
That reminds me of the "Penny Loafer". Remember those? The penny loafer was introduced by the G. H. Bass Shoe Company but it wasn't called a loafer. It was called a WEEJUN and guess why they called it that. Every Viking should know this.
The early "loafer" was called a Weejun because it was fashioned after the slip on shoes worn by Norwegian farmers! Now, I'll bet that's a bit of Norwegian history you didn't know!
In the 40's and 50's it wasn't a penny that us kids slipped into the band that ran across the front of the shoe. It was a dime. And, why a dime??
Remember, this was before the cell phone but kids were still addicted to talking on the phone and, in those days, the pay telephone was our cell phone and the price of a call was 10 cents. That's where the dime in the shoe came in handy!
Now, as Paul Harvey used to say, you know the rest of the story.
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