Jennifer Ebeling<p><a href="https://mindly.social/tags/February" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>February</span></a> 1, 1904<br /><a href="https://mindly.social/tags/OTD" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>OTD</span></a> S.J. Perelman, American <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Humorist" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Humorist</span></a>, is born.</p><p>In his <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Book" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Book</span></a> '<a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Acres" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Acres</span></a> and Pains' (1943), Sidney wrote his transformation fr/ a city <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Lazybones" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Lazybones</span></a> to <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Country" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Country</span></a> squire. He also shared the relatable frenzy caused by <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/SeedCatalogs" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>SeedCatalogs</span></a>:</p><p>"The children need a <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Pumpkin" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Pumpkin</span></a> for <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Halloween" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Halloween</span></a> & let's have plenty of <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Beets" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Beets</span></a>. We can make our own lump sugar!</p><p>Then someone discovers the <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Hybrids" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Hybrids</span></a>: the <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Onion" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Onion</span></a> crossed w/ a <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Pepper" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Pepper</span></a> or a new vanilla-flavored <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Turnip" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Turnip</span></a> that plays the 'St. James Infirmary Blues.'"</p>