It's a Reasonably Distant Shot

People often take for granted how even the strangest concepts are socially accepted because of their inexplicable popularity. In Vienna, 1927, a confectioner named Eduard Haas III invents a peppermint candy that he distributes in small dispensers that resemble cigarette lighters. In 1955 the US company that gained control of the product, markets the candy to children, and places heads atop of the dispensers to make them more friendly. 11 years later, Joann Ganz Cooney and Lloyd Morrisett agree to develop a children's educational television program about several mutant creatures including a large bird and a pessimistic trash dweller living in an urban environment. 17 years later, a Japanese video game designer, named Shigeru Miyamoto, working at a mainstream arcade company in Kyoto, pitches an idea for a new arcade game that follows two Italian-American plumbers who navigate the sewers and kill turtles as they do so. Never ever restrain your imagination. I don't tend to be so straight forward, but this message calls for it. People who come up with the hair-brained schemes are the ones who leave footprints in history. Just like the guy who came up with the expression "hair-brained"... That just doesn't even make any sense.