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6.24.2008

Write Helen Johnson

Reading the can of Oust air freshener in the locker room the other day I noticed something strange. At least it seemed strange to me. On the back of the bottle it says, "Questions? Comments? Call 1-800-558-5252 or write Helen Johnson. 2006. S.C. Johnson and Sons, Inc. Racine, WI."
Who is Helen Johnson? Is she S.C. Johnson's husband and the mother of the "and Sons"? And maybe I'm confused but usually you can't just address a letter with a name and the city in order for it to get delivered properly. Maybe there isn't anything in Racine except for the S.C. Johnson and Sons company. Perhaps I should write just to find out. I would hope to get back a pretty white card with violets on the front and inside, the spidery handwriting of little, old Helen Johnson responding to my letter from the porch of her white clapboard farmhouse. Drinking lemonade. She would need to be drinking lemonade while she wrote me back, otherwise it just wouldn't feel authentic.

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