The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-01-23

InlS antl-pIeaSure edlct OF the
National GAStapo has lot Of folks
in a sweat, for the innocent word
pleasure covers a multitude of
sins, and ideas as to what eonsti-
tutes it are as varied as the winds
that blow.
Driving to the train to meet
your mother-in-law is termed a
pleasure" by the lawyercrats
who juggle the alphabetical def
nitions, and L know one guy who
is ready to dispute that ruling all
the way to the Supreme Court.
An ice cream cone, if you DELHI
erately sneak up omit, in the course
of what is officially termed "legi-
innate" driving and can manage
to snag it without travelling one
additional foot out of your way,
then it's okay.
Since purveyors of cones are no
longer permitted to give curb SER
vice, about all guy can do is leave
his chariot in the middle of the
street and dash. in for his tidbit.
This entails other difficulties
since it brings one in conflict with
local regulations that are designed
to prevent the blocking of traffic,
and constables on the prowl are
not the least bit sympathetic and
will Hey, you, what's the big
idea?" a guy on lot less provoca-
ton than leaving a car with the
engine running, parked in the mid
die of a thoroughfare.
While it is all right to, use your
CTR to drive to the doctors office,
it is all wrong to drive to the the
alter. Tampans are in a first class
helluva fix in view of the fact
that flock of our best doctors
have their offices in the Tampa
Theatre Building.
While visitors at the local hos
pital have not increased during
the past week, the number of cars
parked in front of the establish
ment has. Smart guys keep bou-
quet of flowers and a bed-pan in
the car. Just in case snooper
turns up they'll have reasonable
alibi. It's not far from the hospital
to either picture show or the
bowling alley.
A lot of timid souls went hungry
for three days fearing to drive to
a restaurant. They were told to
catch a street car or a bus, but it
gets monotonous standing on
corner and watching those sardine
cans 60 by without stopping. Now
the order has been modified and
you can park at a restaurant pro-
vided you go there to "eat and
not for pleasure" If guy gets
any pleasure out of eating he'd
better keep it to himself. Person
ally, I play safe and order a dou-
BILE helping of sand-blown spinach,
feeling confident that no court
would convict me on that kind of
evidence.
Attending church, not being a
pleasure, is permissible But on
the way there Sunday morning l
stopped to share the-ride" with a
gorgeous blonde, and if you don't
think that was a pleasure you're
lot older than I hope to get and
I'm no adolescent.
I could go on and on and give
you other examples but you prob
ably have more and better ones
of your own. While I may have
been unduly flippant in drawing
this verbal picture, don't get me
wrong. Pm not trying to be fun
ny. The situation, while ridieul-
Gus, is a long way from funny. 1t
is downright pathetic and becom-
| ing increasingly dangerous.
/ From its inception; the OPA
has approached this rationing
problem the wrong way. Instead
Iof creating public confidence and
generating a spirit of cooperation,
lit has worked on the assumption
/ that every man. woman and child