UTZ and BOH
Welcome to Maryland Daily Photo! We’ve got to start somewhere with our photos, so for no other reason than my enjoyment of this picture, Maryland Daily Photo will present its first entry: a nighttime shot of a billboard in the state’s largest city.
Kind of funny that this picture, which seems to so many (by which I mean me) to be so representative of Baltimore, is full of icons for products that are not today produced in Baltimore. Does that really matter though? No it doesn’t, and I will offer you proof of the fact. Proof that is entirely based on emotional appeal and personal experience.
The reason why it doesn’t matter is because one of my first memories of Maryland life involves seeing UTZ potato chips in every gas station around. I am saying that it is my first memory of Maryland life, because it’s the first memory I have after settling down there, which comes after you’ve been wowed by the scenery and whatnot. This first memory of life there was then followed up by my second memory, which is the prevalence of UTZ potato chips even in the school lunch line. Now, at least in my day, they didn’t offer National Bohemian in that same line, but if someone were to have referenced a beer at any time in my teenage years, there’s a 90% chance it would have been Boh in that reference.
Now that we’ve proven the relevance of the subject matter, we still have a problem with the rest of the scene. The problem is that we once again are witnessing the pressure of a public engagement. How often do these sorts of engagements end with the Engager being taken aside by the Engagee and being told that he’s not really engaged and that she just said yes to avoid public embarrassment? In this case, I’m sure she said yes at the time, what with all the traffic on the JFX looking at her. (If for no other reason as well than to get away from that androgynous sculpture to their left) What about afterwards? My guess is that in the end, they’re probably still together, I mean, this is Mr. Boh, not some scrub like the Big Boy.
This entry was posted on Sunday, February 3rd, 2008 at 9:16 PM and is filed under Baltimore City.
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8 responses so far ↓
1 Regina // Feb 4, 2008 at 10:18 AM
YAY! Maryland Daily Photo is finally up and running and a reality!!! So exciting…now lets see some legos!
2 Jorg Haider // Feb 4, 2008 at 10:50 AM
This picture takes my breath away!
3 Aleyor // Feb 4, 2008 at 11:11 AM
totally cool site. LOVE the homepage banner.
4 Whong // Feb 4, 2008 at 1:34 PM
Really? Does the public engagement really end like that? Do you know people who have proposed, and she said yes and then informed him later that she was just putting on a show? That’s the most awful thing I’ve ever heard.
5 Jeff // Feb 5, 2008 at 12:15 AM
Oh, no I don’t know anybody who has had that happen to them, but I was talking about it with someone this weekend who had heard of/seen it happen. Clearly, it is an awful awful thing.
6 \')/* // Oct 5, 2008 at 10:30 PM
ekibastos…
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