--- In SkunkworksAMA_at_yahoogroups.com, Ixbalam <jaguar@...> wrote:
>
> On Friday, Apr 20, 2007, at 19:19 America/New_York, longtom2222
wrote:
>
> > This brings back a childhood memory of a book series I read when
I
> > was a kid about the different adventures of a boy in the 1940's
(his
> > name was "Henry", if I recall correctly), and one of the stories
I
> > read was about his having a skunk named "Aroma", and it was still
> > able to spray.
>
> That sounds like Homer Price. The only Henry I remember is
Beverly
> Cleary's Henry Huggins and he had a dog Ribsy but no skunk. I
think
> Ribsy may have run into a skunk once tho'.
>
> > There was a reference to a commercial about an aftershave that
> > advertised its smell as "keeping you on your toes", and there
was a
> > scene where the skunk sprayed in an area where said brand of
> > aftershave was spilled, and the odor was such that "it made you
want
> > to close your eyes." The finale was there was a group of
criminals
> > who gather in the room of a boarding house to sleep the night,
and
> > Henry discovers them and decides to capture them by sneaking
their
> > box of guns out of their room, and sending Aroma inside. The
> > criminals flee outside in a panic, and meet Henry who has a gun
> > pointed of them. Henry tells the gangsters to march to the
police
> > station. "In our pajamas?" one wails. "And barefoot?" says
> > another. The answer is yes, and that's the story of Aroma the
skunk.
>
> Haha! It was truly a different time. Boys with guns and crooks
in
> their jammies.
>
> --
> Ixy - jaguar (at) bestweb (dot) net
> http://tinyurl.com/avck
>
> "Don't you try to out-weird me... I get stranger things
> than you free with my breakfast cereal"
> -Zaphod Beeblebrox
>
Sorry, you were right. It was Homer Price I meant. I haven't read
the series since I was a tyke but I remember the donut machine that
wouldn't shut off and "eversomuchmoreso".
http://familyfun.go.com/parenting/learn/activities/feature/famf98book
s/famf98books4.html
Long Tom.
Received on Fri Apr 20 2007 - 18:40:41 CDT