"Walterphil" wrote: > someone a while back quoted the line from "banquet" > "humble makes pure"--wasn't that some > gas station slogan in the sixties? > i believe american or esso used it.
I'm not sure if it was an advertising slogan, but Humble Oil was a subsidiary of Standard Oil, which owned American and ESSO (which is the phoenetic pronounciation of "S.O."), among others. I'm pretty sure Humble Oil and Pure were business partners as well. > it makes sense cause its a > descriptive traveling song. Of course. Isn't Joni just brilliant that way?? Lori, who recently learned that Arby's is the possessive phoenetic for "R.B." as in "roast beef" - who'da thunk?
