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" Hammacher Schlemmer is selling a shelter,
worthy of Kubla Khan's Xanadu dome;
Plushy and swanky, with posh hanky panky
that affluent Yankees can really call
home.

Hammacher Schlemmer is selling a shelter,
a push-button palace, fluorescent repose;
Electric devices for facing a crisis
with frozen fruit ices and cinema shows.

Hammacher Schlemmer is selling a shelter
all chromium kitchens and rubber-tiled dorms;
With waterproof portals to echo the chortles
of weatherproof mortals in hydrogen storms.

What a great come-to-glory emporium!
To enjoy a deluxe moratorium,
Where nuclear heat can beguile the elite
in a creme-de-la-creme crematorium. "

E.Y. Harburg


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E.Y. Harburg quote : Hammacher Schlemmer is selling a shelter,<br />worthy of Kubla Khan's Xanadu dome;<br />Plushy and swanky, with posh hanky panky<br />that affluent Yankees can really call<br />home.<br /><br />Hammacher Schlemmer is selling a shelter,<br />a push-button palace, fluorescent repose;<br />Electric devices for facing a crisis<br />with frozen fruit ices and cinema shows.<br /><br />Hammacher Schlemmer is selling a shelter<br />all chromium kitchens and rubber-tiled dorms;<br />With waterproof portals to echo the chortles<br />of weatherproof mortals in hydrogen storms.<br /><br />What a great come-to-glory emporium!<br />To enjoy a deluxe moratorium,<br />Where nuclear heat can beguile the elite<br />in a creme-de-la-creme crematorium.