Mario has been in my life, as well as most of my generations, since we were children. We all grew up with this fat, mustached, over happy, spitfire, plumber. Together we fought dinosaur typed monsters, stomped mean mushroom creatures , kicked the shells of countless turtle varmints and even threw veggies at a toad king. To do all this ass whipping he had to have a little help from his odd yet powerful arsenal. Flying wing caps, frog suits, magic whistles, water pumping backpacks... the works. But his foes have a rockin' selection of death dealing devices as well like flying warships laced with cannons and flame throwers, magic wand wielding wizards, floating fishing cloud men and tons of ticking time bombs running amok. How does a lowly plumber live through an endless onslaught of bad guys who have equal to or greater power items? All the coins he has scavenged in his adventures of course! These little "
1-up" earning golden goodies are typically punched out of question marked coin blocks like the one you see below.
So in honor of this pudgy, Italian-American, red suited, mushroom kingdom madman, I keep a little coin block on my desk at work. It sits under my Mac waiting for someone to steal the secret treasures inside. Unfortunately there aren't any
real gold coins in there, just cute little
Smarties style candy versions.
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