Re: Subject: Re: [Harp-L] Quality & price discussion

[Joe and Cass Leone <leone@xxxxxxxx>]

Thank you Elizabeth.
smo-joe

On May 27, 2009, at 4:27 PM, EGS1217@xxxxxxx wrote:

> "Good Grief! I didn't get that from his post at all.  But then,  
> I've only been his friend and reading his whacky and fun sense of  
> humour for - oh, 4+ years now?
>
> And there's absolutely NO hint of 'paedophilia' in there either. I  
> once worked for an in-house ad agency whose very successful logo to  
> sell the bread the company manufactured was a cute little blonde  
> girl: 'Little Miss Sunbeam'. The image was considered Wholesome and  
> All American. We routinely hired children for the commercials who  
> fit 'her' profile. We included little boys too.  THAT is where  
> SmoJoe is coming from.
>
> Anyone remember 'Heidi'?  The idea that people like to see 'cute'  
> and attractive faces on their harp cases or harmonica advertising  
> isn't remotely new (do a historical look-through of Hohner's  
> advertising through the years and you might get a better  
> perspective), regardless of whether or not the person behind the  
> scenes is a 'grandmother' or not, is what SmoJoe intended.
>
> Perhaps the problem lies in the English to 'other language'  
> translation...and also what lies in the minds of the readers.
>
> Pah. 'Some' people seem far too quick to look for something 'wrong'  
> with a long time good guy who has never given any hints of anything  
> untoward on this list. This is absurdity carried to the extreme.
>
> Elizabeth
>
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