Regarding Elves II

Regarding the Keebler Elves, and whether Keebler Company hires Chinese Elves: Here is a bit of perspective. Keebler Elves came on to the scene 1968. They currently live at the following:

1 Hollow Tree Lane
Elmhurst, Illinois 60126-1581

From the look of things, since these particular elves have been in the limelight, there have always been a set of elves chosen to represent all the Keebler Elves and Keebler Corp. It does appear that there are occasional changes in the ambassadorial representation. (There is some
documentation of that below.) I do not have available to me a lineage of Keebler Elf representatives, but only those currently serving.

The current representative (apostolic?) elves are: Ernie, Elwood, Elmer, Fast Eddie, Buckets, Ma, Doc, Flo, Roger, Leonardo, Sam, and Zack.

All of the above appear to be Scots-Irish Elves with the obvious exception of Zack who is black. Flo may Latina, Roger is more likely English than Scottish, and Leonardo is simply pretentious. None are Asian, let alone Chinese. Not that these creatures are mythological and thus not prone to change in corporate structure. Look to the following animated depiction of
the elves from a 1979 advertisement.

The Former director of fudge splashing operations--older elf in tracksuit from the Bronx--appears to have retired or passed on; the elf who was but a rookie in 1979 is none other than Buckets, the current director of fudge splashing operations.

Now, the Keebler elves came into the conversation because we were eating delicious CLUB Multigrain crackers, which have a tendency to break while still in the box. We wondered how that could be. Here is a statement from the company itself regarding their operations.

From the Keebler 'company perspective:
...We pair our captivating products and promotions with unparalleled hands-on service, provided by our direct-store-door (DSD) delivery system. Through our company-owned and operated DSD system, we have 3,200 sales and distribution Elves calling on 31,000 supermarkets and mass merchandisers twice weekly...

3200 elves break your Multi-Grain CLUB crackers. Twice weekly.

Finally, to sum up quickly some of the other discussion points:

The game I had been thinking about was Rampart. Mr. Morris, that is an early nineties game so i do not know if Barcade would have it. I doubt it.

Regarding Nolan Ryan's final pitch, to which I steered the conversation after mention of Brett Favre's final pass, the following information from Wikipedia may be considered trustworthy, if poorly written:

Nolan Ryan's very durable arm finally gave out in Seattle on September 22, 1993, when he tore a ligament, ending his career two starts earlier than planned. Briefly attempting to pitch past the injury, Ryan threw one further pitch after tearing his ligament; with his injured arm, his final pitch was measured at 98 miles per hour. Ryan's last start was his career worst; he allowed a single, four walks, and a grand slam in the top of the first without recording an out. It was
his record setting 10th grand slam given up of his career. (Ryan left trailing 5-0, and the fourth walk was completed by a reliever after Ryan's injury, but credited to Ryan.)

JB

Jamaica Plain