Sunday, June 13, 2010

Chim Chim Cher-oo?

While taking in some time on the road for a wedding this weekend (note: not mine), I noticed a sign in a small Kansas town advertising the services of a chimney sweep. Yes, a chimney sweep.

Last I checked, it's not the 1900s and chimney sweeps have gone the way of the milkman and the one-man-band. Even Dick Van Dyke has given up playing chimney sweep roles, so you know it's profession no longer relevant.

How someone expects to make a buck as a chimney sweep in today's society, I'm not sure. Maybe they just have a phony British accent they want to utilize.


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