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Old 01-08-2014, 05:09 PM
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Originally Posted by tpop1 View Post
See the 39 cent Banana Split!!!

When I was a kid, several times our Woolworths had a special.....

They put Banana Split prices from 1 cent to 39 cents in blown-up balloons and hung them up around the lunch counter.

You picked a balloon and whatever price was in it is what you paid.

Twice I picked a balloon with 1 cent in it!!!!

Top of the world, Ma!!!!!
My Aunt used to take me to the Woolworths in the Trumbull mall for lunch and they did the balloons there also.