Hootin' Anni's Day Trippin'

edition #57


Gross? I hafta figure out 13 subjects for the word gross? Oh me oh my. I know right now that 30 years ago, even 30 days ago, I wouldn't have dreamed of working on my blog with this particular subject. After doing some research and figuring out how I could do this without actually getting everyone grossed out on anything that is actually gross...I found this little ditty. And no, I didn't realize that anything or anyONE would name their town GROSS. But Gross it is, located in a state in the northwest section of our country. [U S A]. *actual town!* This is all a play on the word 'gross' being disgusting, crass, rude, uncouth, etc. etc.

NOTE: Now that Thursday has come and gone - I've made the newspaper items much smaller, hoping they'll not take so long to load. Click to enlarge.


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So, I'm going to use my imagination. Since it seems to be a real podunk of a town what else could I do? And my imagination takes me through the classified section of the town's local newspaper --The GROSS RAG [fictional of course] If you read each by-line for each individual subject covered in the 'ad' or 'news' ---it'll tell you about the little town of GROSS! [all in fun of course, I'm sure that Gross, Idaho is an all American country town....] *also --there are added bits in the alt coding, so run your cursor over the individual papers!*



1] ADVERTISEMENT FOUND: The Doll Maker




2] ADVERTISEMENT FOUND: Used Auto Parts Dealer





3] NEWS FOUND: Library Opens





4] ADVERTISEMENT FOUND: Beauty Salon




5] ADVERTISEMENT FOUND: Gross-eries Galore!




6] ADVERTISEMENT FOUND: Pest Exterminator




7] ADVERTISEMENT FOUND: Pet Sanctuary





8] ADVERTISEMENT FOUND: Microbrewery




9] ADVERTISEMENT FOUND: Take Out




10] ADVERTISEMENT FOUND: Bait & Tackle




11] NEWS FOUND: Gross Town Council Meeting




12] NEWS FOUND: Inside Baseball




13] ADVERTISEMENT FOUND: Inflation Double Talk