Kissing is good for you!

Here is the most famous kiss in the history of the world and how appropriate that it is an American sailor who stars in the event which took place on 14 August 1945 - a.k.a. VJ Day!  Alas, the cheeky 'Jack Tar' concerned, George Medonsa, has just died at the exceedingly good age of 95 years, 2 days short of 96, and he deserved every one of them.

 

The unsuspecting(!) lady concerned, Greta Zimmer Friedman, was equally blessed with that kiss because she lived to 92.  Both of them enjoyed good but seperate family lives after that kiss.

 

I can't help wondering if Medonsa was related in any way to our favourite nautical commenter, 'JK'!?

 

 

 

Comments

[JK]

No kin but I was left with the keys to'er storage shed. Maybe y'all can help me as to whether this'll follow along gracefully behind my '91 Syclone's natural wheelbase or if I need a dolly?

https://dailytimewaster.blogspot.com/2019/02/whats-in-your-garage.html

(Yeah Whitewall I've said "it's an S-10" but it was only last month the block's VIN hit the measure for an 'antique plate' but shit, long as the radiator bits off nobody can tell if its a GMC or a Chevy.)

Oh yeah - the lady's fieldpiece - caliber?

(No Bob, I can't export to Indiana.)

[Whitewall]

Those two represented the best American generation. We have declined a bit since them.

[Jack the dog]

A sailor, kissing a girl? what will they think of next!

[missred]

That happened to me in Glasgow. My response? I laughed.

[Whitewall]

Missred,
Do you vacation in Glasgow more often these days?

[missred]

Whiters, it happened about 15 years ago.

[David Duff]

In Glasgow, Miss Red! I trust his name wasnae Jimmy!

[Bob]

Don't worry, JK, there are probably plenty of those things around Indiana already. For a time I worked with an engineer here who payed some ridiculous amount of money, over $2000 if I remember, to go down to an old strip mine in the southern part of the state and shred junked cars with a large caliber, belt-loaded machine gun. To each his own. Except for 6 or 7 counties, Indiana is part of The South.