Mickle's Pickles History

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=110 BGCOLOR="#003300" TEXT="#F7F7FF" bgproperties="fixed" background="03f006e0dvmwbg.png"> <div> <B>Mickle's Pickles</B><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#FFFFCC" FACE="Arial" ><B>    -  </B></FONT><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FFFBF0" FACE="Times New Roman" ><B>The Second Best Pickle on the Planet!</B></FONT></div> <div> <B>                  Mickle's Pickles Stories  - </B><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FFFBF0" FACE="Times New Roman" >Nothing but the whole truth!</FONT></div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=190 BGCOLOR="#CCCC99" TEXT="#080000" background="040bec00esnpes.png"> <div> <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Mickles Pickles"><U><B>Back to Main Menu</B></U></A><B> </B></div> <div> <B>------------------</B></div> <div> <B>Thank you for your time and support,</B></div> <div> <B>              </B><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#000066" FACE="Arial" ><B> </B></FONT><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#000066" FACE="Times New Roman" ><B>Mickey</B></FONT></div> <div> <B>       (The Pickle Guy)</B></div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B>Please send us your pickle photos / stories.</B></div> </td> <td valign="top" height=370 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <IMG SRC="1cb742e0.png" border=0 width="372" height="302" ALIGN="RIGHT" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div>       Outside of  </div> <div> <B>Mickle's Pickles </B></div> <div>          <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Times New Roman" >June 2008</FONT></div> <bR> <div> Another fine example of <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#660000" FACE="Times New Roman" ><B>"Truth in Advertising!"</B></FONT></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div>                                                As I get time I will add to this page. <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Times New Roman" > Last up-dated  6/30/08</FONT></div> <bR> <div> Mickle's Pickles History - <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Times New Roman" >First jar sold November 1999.  We have been Second Best ever since.</FONT></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="1d5b5100.png" border=0 width="181" height="272" ALIGN="LEFT" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div>    </div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div>     </div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div>     A couple of "big" pickle fans outside the building with </div> <div>     Mickey (The  Pickle Guy) in Picayune.  June 2008</div> <bR> <bR> <div> The Labels:  <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Times New Roman" >When we sold our first jar in November we had to come up with some kind of label.  Our first label read:       </FONT><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Times New Roman" >      </FONT></div> <div>                                                               <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Times New Roman" ><B>Mickle's Pickles</B></FONT></div> <div>                                                       <B> The Not So Sweet Cucumber</B></div> <div> <B>                                              Bottled in the Beautiful Burbs of Picayune</B></div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Times New Roman" >    </FONT> We designed the label on our home computer and had a local copy shop print them on "sticky paper".  We would take the copies home, cut them with a paper cutter, and then, with much painstaking effort, peel off the backs and stick the labels on the jars.  There was another label that we would use for the back to satisfy the FDA that included all the vitals (ingredients, address, nutritional analysis, etc.)  After several months of the same label on the front of the jar, I thought to redo it and have it say something different.  An employee at the copy shop was upset that we were removing the name of our town (Picayune) from the label and wanted us not to alter the label.  It then occured to me that since we were printing 12 labels per sheet of "sticky paper", we could have 12 different labels at once.  With this new found concept we began to create a multitude of labels.  The following are some of the labels that were used:</div> <bR> <div>                * Something This Good Must Be Illegal *</div> <div>                * Another Good Reason to Spoil Your Diet! *</div> <div>                * If It Tastes This Good It Must Be Bad For You! *</div> <div>                * Tell Your Friends . . . To Buy Their Own! *</div> <div>                * These Were Stolen From __________ ! *</div> <div>                * HIS / HERS *</div> <bR> <div> When I have more time, I will add to this list.   6/30/08</div> <bR> <div> <B>Mickle’s pickle is purloined  </B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Times New Roman" >(Picayune Item October 1st, 2008)</FONT></div> <div> By Ginger Schmidt</div> <div> Lifestyles Editor</div> <div> PICAYUNE — Sadly, a beloved icon of Picayune has gone missing — and what is Mickle’s without the pickle? </div> <bR> <div> Mickey Fluitt, owner of Mickle's Pickles in downtown Picayune, said the family’s plastic pickle that adorned the wooden and wire sign hanging from the pitched roof of the business went missing sometime between Friday and Saturday. He said he noticed it missing on Saturday evening when he arrived at the building with a friend. </div> <bR> <div> The pickle-theft perpetrators would have to have done quite a bit a work to get the beloved mascot down from the sign, so he believes that it happened overnight on Friday.</div> <bR> <div> “I took it down for (Gustav) and I had to move the awning and use a ladder to get it down.” </div> <bR> <div> While Fluitt continues to keep his sense of humor about the situation, he said he wants everyone to keep in mind that a serious crime has been committed and the pickle is invaluable to him and his family.</div> <bR> <div> Pamela Fluitt, his wife, wrote in an email, “The pickle was given to my husband several years ago by a friend — the owner of Lucky Dogs (the New Orleans hot dog company). Before that, it had been part of the original Tulane Stadium’s concession stand.” </div> <bR> <div> Fluitt said that originally the green, plastic pickle was used as a promotional gimmick for Heinz ketchup. The pickle was given a second chance for one last hoorah when it was rescued from Tulane’s stadium before demolition. </div> <bR> <div> Fluitt said pickle paraphernalia has been stolen from him before. The magnetic signs on the pickle ’porter van had gone missing a while back, but both were eventually returned. He says that hopefully someone will see his pickle and return it. </div> <bR> <div> The pickle parlor is located behind the parking lot of First National Bank on West Canal Street and the surveillance camera that watches the bank’s parking lot also picks up the activity at the pickle store. The bank has agreed to view the footage and see if camera picked up on the pickle perps. </div> <bR> <div> Mickle’s pickle, not to be mistaken, is made of green plastic, is three feet in length, weighs approximately 10 to 15 pounds and is very clean.</div> <bR> <div> “I just washed it off,” said Fluitt. “I never had a chance to put AmorAll on it.” </div> <bR> <div> There will be a reward for the pickle’s “safe return” only. No questions will be asked. For more information, call 601-798-0705. </div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div>                </div> <bR> <div>               </div> </td> </tr></table></body>