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January 03, 2009 |
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Squeeze My Cheeks
FOUND by David Staskowski
in Adrian, Michigan
I found this while renovating our 100-year-old house. It was in the space under the stairs.
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We collect FOUND stuff: love letters, birthday cards, kids' homework,
to-do lists, ticket stubs, poetry on napkins, telephone bills, doodles -
anything that gives a glimpse into someone
else's life. Anything goes...
Woah, kinky!
I squeeze my cheeks when I feel like I am going to fart.
I'll cheese your squeaks.
I've seen these before! It comes from a craft project of the kind little old church ladies sit around and create for the Christmas fundraiser. You take plastic mesh, stitch it together with yarn in a trapezoidal vaguely face-shaped sort of thing. When you squeeze the "cheeks" of the face, the mouth opens up (think of those little rubber coin purses) and you'll find a Hershey's kiss inside. Adorable!
@ Kermit 'Fog': TOTALLY. CREEPY. O_O
Now THIS is a real Find! Pica typeface, old one-colour ribbon from a manual typewriter. I'd say ca. 1960 or so. In those days you could identify each machine by the wear on certain letters. Without that, Agatha Christie could never have written "The Moving Finger". These days, laser printers have made all that a thing of the past and serial killers get away with it willy-nilly.
I used to have a Microsoft keyboard that came with software that allowed you to have the clackclack of a manual typewriter. Almost. There's nothing like hitting the old carriage return after the BING!
@basil: That was a nice stroll down memory lane. Thanks! :D
(I don't think I could type on an old typewriter anymore. Computer automatic wrap-around on the words has ruined me for a carriage return.)
I agree with Kermit! The 'church' ladies made these and bingo lucky charms out of pom-poms with I was a kid. What a 'sweet' memory!
In bed!
...in the space under the stairs? Where there other notes like ...it rubs the lotion on itself and I wear it's skin?
Thank goodness it's only a kiss you'll get when you squeeze those cheeks! It could be so much worse..and sticky...iow a Hershey kiss not made out of chocolate....yuck!
I probably still have one of the little critters somewhere around here actually. It's a little square piece of plastic canvas with 2 trianglar pieces of plastic stitched to 2 of the sides of the square. It forms sort of a curvy pyramid shape. Mine has google eyes and pom poms glued on so that it looks like a poodle head. The Hershey kiss sits inside the mouth a perfect fit.
http://tinyurl.com/3teqtc
Here is a picture of what they look like and how to make them. I guess they are made of 3 squares, not 1 square and 2 triangles.
@ Just me.. that's amazing! Even the quote on the accompanying strip of paper as described on that website, is similar to that of the find:
"I printed tags saying 'Give me a squeeze and I'll give you a kiss'. Hershey kisses were used for the kiss. Try making a bunny for Easter or pumpkin for Halloween."
The person on that website loves crafts and will help anyone who needs it, saying: "If I can help anyone with my knowledge of my creations, please don't hesitate to email me" and then gives an email address!
I've never seen these kiss-givers before, but I do have a purse made out of those plastic squares and yarn, that I bought at a thrift store. It's gold and avocado green. I assume it's from around 1970.
Thank you Kermit Fog in the church basement, baby basil in the herb garden, Just me in my house + Clover in the lawn, (et al) for clearing things up.
Oddly it was the only note under the stairs, Hiplainsdrifter, but ypu made me laugh
You squeeza my cheeks, I smacka you face.
Reminds me of your granma or old auntie, the one who smells of lavendar water and BenGay, who insist on giving you a wet, lipsticky smacking kiss on one cheek while painfully squeezing the other. "Mmmmmwah! Just come here and KISS your granma!" No, thank you.
To this day I hate the smell of Ben Gay.
Without following the link, I can picture what those crafty little kissers look like..
but in my mind when I read the Find, I see one of those little squeezy (stress therapy) alien dudes- you squeeze them and their antennae, ears, and tongue all pop out.
http://tinyurl.com/squeeeezeme
gimme kisses!
For some reason this made me laugh very heard. XoXo
Oops, I meant very hard.
My mother says this was a tagline sort of thing from an old-fashioned doll. If you squeezed the doll's cheeks, it would pucker its lips. ^___^