Stoner Drug or What Were They Thinking? 6
Over the last few years I have collected photos and published pieces that have made me say “What Were They Thinking?” Some of these things I have posted in the past and I have plans to post more of these findings in the future. I have gone through my previous posts and retitled the appropriate posts with the title “What Were They Thinking?” Some of these are better than others, but the main goal is to make you chuckle.
I took this specific photo a few years ago and I’m not even sure which state I was in. I am positive this is an old middle school joke to the locals, but I will stoop to that level. Please, stoop with me.
February 9th, 2005 at 1:04 am
Does anyone else see anything funny in the diamond shaped SD logo? My wife made a very astute observation. I will wait a couple of days to share it and see if anyone else comes up with the same thing.
February 9th, 2005 at 12:48 pm
I… I think it’s a vertical “J,” (not the letter)
February 9th, 2005 at 1:20 pm
Maybe a stretch, but you could probably get an “LSD” out of it…
…or a sideways stoned smily face.
February 9th, 2005 at 1:55 pm
Very interesting observations, but not what I was thinking. I like the sideways stoned smiley face idea. I don’t think anyone would see that without the proliferation of emoticons.
February 10th, 2005 at 2:29 pm
Just a little clue into this little mystery. Focus on the “SD” initials. Have you seen this anywhere else?
February 11th, 2005 at 1:17 am
Without further adieu . . . Look at our childhood friend’s collar.
February 11th, 2005 at 8:07 pm
Wow, I never would have figured that out. Either Suz has a photographic memory, or she watched way too much Scooby Doo as a kid (who didn’t?). That deserves a Scooby snack if you ask me…
February 14th, 2005 at 1:11 pm
I was thinking that the S looks like a stream of smoke (possibly going up from a spliff perhaps – sorry, don’t smoke so i’m probably making a fool of myself trying to speak the speak)…anyways, that would go with the whole theme…
February 15th, 2005 at 5:14 pm
Jared…i am right with you. thats totally what i thought it was…and i dont smoke….anymore.
but it totally goes with the “stoner drug” theme. it sells the store on a subconscious level….smart owners.
either that…or they are stoned off their gourds
February 16th, 2005 at 11:59 pm
The stream of smoke idea just adds to the irony of this all. I think you could even steer Suzanne’s Scooby Doo (SD) logo observation in the way of the drug idea. What did go on in the Mystery Machine after all?
March 13th, 2005 at 10:56 am
The sign in this picture is a legitimate drug store in Tabor, IA. My wife and I went throught this town of about 500 people last night and about crapped ourselves when we saw the sign. Believe it or not, you can buy T-shirts there! For those willing to make the drive, it is about 10 miles east of Interstate 29 (exit 24) in Iowa.
P.S. There is one in Hamburg, Iowa as well.
June 15th, 2005 at 9:07 pm
Jill Rizzo …. your right about the mystery machine… why do you think shaggy & scooby were always hungry?
April 2nd, 2006 at 6:49 pm
ha! We saw this while we were on tour. It is somewhere on the way from Omaha to Chicago. THere is absolutely no reason to go into this town unless ou have to pee.
April 3rd, 2006 at 8:34 pm
I’m originally from Tabor so I actually have two reasons to go there – 1) visit my parents and 2) pee.
April 13th, 2006 at 11:21 pm
Excuse me, but that is my dad’s store in Hamburg. Yes, there are more, but my Grandpa Stoner had the first one in Hamburg. No joke, and it took them a while to realize why people wanted to stop and have their picture taken under the sign. Stop in, use the facilities if you must, but be sure to order an old-fashioned malt from the soda fountain while you’re there!
April 13th, 2006 at 11:30 pm
Mary Lynn, If I am in the area, I will definitely stop in for a malt. Nothing compares to the old-fashioned way. Thanks for the background.
June 15th, 2007 at 3:23 pm
Hi Mary Lynn ;
Jean Kilby here.. donnnjean@earthlink.net
trying to find the Drug stores E mail address..
Want to send message to Toots & Marvin
Jean
August 27th, 2007 at 9:32 am
I grew up in this drug store and know all the Stoners. We were back for Christmas and on the way out of town, to head back home to Austin, my kids (13 & 14) always request that we “stop at Stoners for a malt”…. which by the way, are the best on the planet. This time my kids just had to have a Stoner’s tee shirt. They haven’t been sent home from school yet. Ok.. I bought one for myself too. I only wear it around people that know me and know I’m from Hamburg and know the Stoner story. Hi Mary Lynn… Hi Jean.
September 10th, 2007 at 7:28 pm
Hi, Mark! We were back in Hamburg for Popcorn Day, celebrating my 40th class reunion. Sure thing, there were folks from out of town standing in the middle of the street to get a picture of the “Stoner’s” sign.
The malts ARE the best, and the town has recently completed a renovation, with lovely sidewalks, antique street lights, each with a large pot (oh, no–I said “pot”) beside it, and a refurbished flagpole in the center of town. Watch for shops and storefronts to come.
October 31st, 2007 at 8:37 am
THAT SO DOPE!!
that looks like a fuckin’ jay son.
December 21st, 2007 at 10:23 am
hey! im at working being bored googling random things and i came across this website. my husband and are are from the town you took this picture in. good ol’ hamburg, iowa. im glad y’all get a chuckle out of this. enjoy….
August 16th, 2008 at 11:52 am
My older sister(Dr. Sandra Dankof Dirks) started working at the fountain in Stoners when she was 15. She graduated high school in 1980 and went on to become a pharmacist then a college professor teaching pharmacy now she makes over 100,000 a year traveling around the world for Johnson and Johnson promoting pharmicuticals so for the record this town obviously has more to offer than just a place to pee. No need to put our town down just because of a name a of a store and if your gonna go to all of the trouble of designing a web page you could have at least remembered the town you were in when you seen it.
August 19th, 2008 at 3:35 pm
Julie,
No one likes run on sentences.
September 5th, 2008 at 8:10 am
There is several Stoner Drug locations.
Rock Port, Mo (not the one in the picture)
Tabor, IA
Hamburg, IA (I think it might be this one)
and a couple others.
It’s also named after the last name of the guy who started it.
November 5th, 2008 at 3:58 pm
I work for a company that is a DME provider and came across this place searching for DME’s in Iowa and was laughing about it before I even called. I work out of Florida and when I actually did call this place the guy who answered the phone busts out laughing in the middle of saying- Stoner Drug and then I just lost it too. I was literally in tears laughing at my desk. That phone call just made my day..Thanks Stoner Drug! still lmao
February 12th, 2009 at 9:12 am
Funny isnt it, I grew up in Tabor, IA. I always got a kick walking uptown and going past stoner drug. You got to realize that Stoner Drug is and old drug store, back then stoner didnt mean what it does today.
March 2nd, 2010 at 8:35 pm
I grew up in Tabor, Iowa and have 2 shirts from stoner drug. Its pretty much the most interesting thing we have….James H…..is the hume? i think i know you!
May 31st, 2010 at 3:46 pm
I worked at the soda fountain in the Stoner Drug in Hamburg Ia from 1973-1976 while in High School. Nice people, nice town, great soda fountain. It was the gathering place for farmers, homemakers, and high school/jr high students. It’s named after original owner, last name was Stoner. Marvin and Toots (toots dad was the original owner) were great people, and Marge was a sweetheart and my grandmothers best friend. Fond memories of that place.
July 12th, 2010 at 5:38 pm
So…2010 and the STONER DRUG comments still trickle in! We will be heading back to Hamburg in August. Looking forward to seeing the town and all the wonderful people who still live there, as well as any who are making the trek back to the ‘burg!