As I've written, the world of Idealia is based on the rural South as someone would have discovered it in the 1930s, when electricity and roads broke the isolation of the region. In that vein, here are a few statements about everyday life in the Barefoot household. For each, guess whether or not these could have happened, based on when the items mentioned in the statement were invented or introduced.
Think about these and I'll give the answers in the next post.
1. Lauren Pizzoli, Brandy and Bunky's mother, mails a recipe for homemade pizza to Brenda from her new home in Italy. B.W.'s mother then begins to hunt for the ingredients to replicate it at home.
2. After dinner, Hambone puts on a red wig and acts out the "Vitameatavegamin" and candy-store skits from the hit television show I Love Lucy. Everyone doubles over in laughter and finds it hard to go to sleep at the normal time.
3. B.W. hears about a new sport called NASCAR Strictly Stock Racing and asks the Brookshire family to send him a model dirt track and car set.
4. Popeye gets a ballpoint pen in the mail from the friendly postman, Mr. Blackshire. He immediately dumps the quill pen because the ballpoint is more convenient for him.
5. A wild game of Twister involving the whole family is won by Harvey,
who uses the flexibility he developed as a high-school wrestler.
6. B.W. allows Hambone and Brandy to use the common room to host a "flapper party," as long as sparkling cider is used instead of champagne and thin toilet paper is used instead of cigarettes.
7. As a result of a long day on the farm, Brenda decides to combine the dinner drink with dessert, introducing ice cream floats to the menu. Of course, the kids love it!
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