Why we have this card is because we do not know the future of the emoticon. But with artificial intelligence it seems likely that our own minds will be superseded, and the fastest way to give an instruction is always with a picture. Also such a thing is instantly recognised by all nations, whatever their language. One day we may even find humanity born to simply be hooked up to a machine, its minds being used to send simple pictorial signals right the way across the globe, and even out into the furthest reaches of the universe.
It`s Friday night, there must be aliens - again....
This set is seldom seen in this country, and it is scarce in America too.
There are several reasons for this. First of all, it includes the Harlem Globetrotters, showing here, and they are always popular. Secondly, this set was the first ever card appearance of Scooby Doo and his friends. Thirdly, and probably mostly, the cards were not delicately placed inside a protective wrapper and slid in beside the bread, they were simply thrown in loose, which inevitably led to them becoming stained and food-tainted.
The hardest card to get is the check list. We do not know for sure why, but leading collectors swear that they were printed in less quantities - some even believing that this was a deliberate act to keep the collector looking for more cards after they had completed the set in actuality.
As for Wonder Bread, it was born in Indianapolis, in 1921, and then they had a brainwave, to slice the bread in the bakehouse before they put it in the wrapper. By 1930 they were selling "sliced bread" across America. You may be thinking that everyone else then copied this, but it is not entirely true - because in 1928 the W. E. Long Company of Chicago had also offered "sliced bread". I just cannot find out what happened to theirs.....