Thursday, January 10, 2008

Breeding Hamsters: The Business of Our Ancestors!



Most everyone knows that Armenians are a very business-oriented people and there is a certain level of pride associated with that, but now we can take that to an even higher level! You see, the following advertisement is from the June 1950 issue of Popular Mechanics. Seeeing as how there are many Armenians currently living in North Hollywood, California, it only makes sense to assume that Mr. Akopian (Hakopyan) was among the original businessmen in the area!

Still, the notion of raising these awesome creatures just to fulfill a "big laboratory demand" seems, at best, troublesome.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Here's another interesting fact: the song "Come on a my house" was written by Armenians! (William Saroyan and Ross Bagdasarian)!

Rhyne said...

And did you know that Ross was the creator of Alvin and the Chipmunks? :)

Anonymous said...

Yes I did, thankyou!