A further degeneration in the realm of fake typewriters

Chinese-made fake typewriters have been turning up for a few years now. They're intended as decorative items, probably for places like restaurants or clubs where they can contribute to a phony "old-timey" feel and people won't give them a second look.

Now there's a new development, which I spotted on eBay today: a cast-resin miniature that is itself an imitation of a copy of a phony typewriter: a fake fake fake!



So what is the origin of this weird object?

As I pointed out nearly five years ago, the root (real) typewriter is a Gourland.
The fake version of it is a Govrland.
This became Governor's Land (via a country club in Virginia).
And now we have GOVERNGRS IAND.




What will be next?

Typewriter teapots

Yes. This is a thing.

Poeming at New Riff

(This is the Dylan film. There's no smoking, only a cup of coffee, and no crowd, just Joan Baez singing. So much for my powers of memory.)













Here are New Riff's fermentation vats. You can actually see big bubbles continually rising to the surface. As I mentioned in the typecast, none of their whiskey is for sale yet, as the business is pretty new and the process takes years. This is all starting to sound like a metaphor for the process of becoming a decent street poet!



PS: If you are toying with the idea of doing something like this, you can't find better inspiration than Typewriter Rodeo, from the poetic team by the same name from Austin, Texas. I highly recommend this book.