Kids at rival schools mocked this name
How could they not?
This serves up “dip” on a platter and invites mean queries about whether students there are wearing their Little Swimmers super-soaker underwear.
Yes, I am aware that “The Jetsons” was not a documentary. But it did correctly predict back in the 1960s that, in the future, there would be goof-off workers like George Jetson and screamer bosses like Mr. Spacely.
As for sprockets and cogs being a big industry, well, that’s still sort of up in the air.
Jane Jetson was a drag. But one always hoped daughter Judy would latch on to the possibilities of the future with a more tenacious grip.
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