Be Bop Wino

Posted By: Paul - Fri Jan 08, 2010 - Comments (1)
Category: Music, 1950s, Alcohol

The Georgia Guidestones

America has its own puny version of Stonehenge? Who knew? The Georgia Guidestones, a large granite monument in Elbert County, Georgia, is made from six granite slabs. They were built in 1979 and are engraved with ten guidelines in eight different modern languages, as well as four ancient languages, that advise people to live in harmony with humanity and nature. The four outer stones are oriented to the Sun's yearly migration and each side of the tablet is perpendicular to one of the cardinal directions. Since the creation of the guidestones, there have been a number of controversies and conspiracy theories based on what the stones were really built for and what their message means. As of November 2009, the stones were covered in graffiti and splattered paint which has not been repaired as no one seems to want to accept the responsibility. You can find out more about this monument on Google or Wikipedia.

Posted By: Nethie - Fri Jan 08, 2010 - Comments (3)
Category: Buildings and Other Structures, New Age, Statues, Monuments and Memorials

How To Be A Loser

Guy is hospitalized from a domestic beat down administered with a frying pan and a table leg- Loser. Guy has to get an exgirlfriend to pay for his post hospitalization prescription- LOser. Guy goes to Walmart in hospital gown to get money and prescription-LOSer. Guy snatches $50 from ex and takes off-LOSEr...on a Walmart scooter for the disabled-LOSER. To quote Ace Ventura-Loohoohooser!
http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/WeirdNews/2010/01/07/12382191-ap.html

Posted By: Alex - Thu Jan 07, 2010 - Comments (1)
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Floram Marchand

As magic tricks go, the "I can vomit wine" claim has died a deserved death. One imagines that neither David Copperfield, nor even Penn & Teller, will be reviving the spectacle of Floram Marchand any time soon.

Floram Marchand: The Great Water Spouter

In the summer of 1650, a Frenchman named Floram Marchand was brought
over from Tours to London, who professed to be able to 'turn water into
wine, and at his vomit render not only the tincture, but the strength
and smell of several wines, and several waters.' Here - the trick and
its cause being utterly unknown - he seems for a time to have gulled
and astonished the public to no small extent, and to his great profit.
Before, however, the whole mystery was cleared up by two friends of
Marchand, who had probably not received the share of the profits to
which they thought themselves entitled. Their somewhat circumstantial
account runs as follows.



More in extended >>

Posted By: Paul - Thu Jan 07, 2010 - Comments (5)
Category: Entertainment, Frauds, Cons and Scams, Magic and Illusions and Sleight of Hand, Body Fluids, Europe, Seventeenth Century, Alcohol

Tica Ti Tica Ta

The ballad of the "two gay senores."

Posted By: Paul - Thu Jan 07, 2010 - Comments (3)
Category: Ethnic Groupings, Music, 1940s

Playing With Your Food?

This is pretty cool footage of dogs and polar bears playing together, but I really expected to see a feeding frenzy.



The guy says the bears stay 70 feet from him or he shoots warning shots. If I was one of the dogs, I'd want to skip the chain.

Posted By: gdanea - Wed Jan 06, 2010 - Comments (4)
Category: Animals

Self Hypnosis

Helmut Kichmeier does sword swallowing in his act in The Circus of Horrors. In order to become better at it he is learning self hypnosis from a Dr. Ray Roberts. He does not have the art down yet though as his wife, Joanna, found him entranced, staring into a mirror, in their home yesterday. She knew he was in a hypnotic state but was unsure how to bring him back to consciousness. While looking at her husband's hypnosis book she found a letter from Dr. Roberts. By calling the doctor and holding the phone to Helmut's ear the doctor was able to wake Helmut up. He had apparently been in a self imposed trance from 10am till 3pm when his wife found him. Now he only uses the technique when his wife is present and she has a key word to bring him out of the trance if he gets stuck again. Yet another case of a wife being there to bail her husband out of trouble!
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/6936814/Trainee-hypnotist-puts-himself-in-trance-using-mirror.html

picture from yahoo images

Posted By: Alex - Wed Jan 06, 2010 - Comments (3)
Category: Hypnotism, Mesmerism and Mind Control

Easy Does It

The amazing lives of gals full of "pep and ginger."

Posted By: Paul - Wed Jan 06, 2010 - Comments (4)
Category: Documentaries, 1940s, Women

Man That Blows!

Alright WUvians, who wants the opportunity to blow up a football stadium? Without getting in trouble? The city of Irving, Texas has approved a plan where Kraft Foods will hold a national essay contest with the winner pulling the trigger on the demolition of Texas Stadium. The whole thing will be part of Kraft's 'Cheddar Explosion' campaign. The Details for the essay contest will be released next week and the demolition will take place in March or April. Sharpen your pencils folks, I just know there are some interested parties here!
http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/WeirdNews/2009/12/31/12316381-ap.html

Posted By: Alex - Tue Jan 05, 2010 - Comments (4)
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Thank You James Earl Jones

Here's two reasons to be grateful for James Earl Jones. First, the original voice of David Prowse as Darth Vader, which, thankfully was replaced by Jones.

Darth's Original Voice



Next, a slightly different take on Darth Vader with other dialogue from various James Earl Jones movies. My favorite is Darth Vader's advice about women at about 4 minutes, or where Darth adjusts the radio around 7:30 or later.

Darth Earl Jones or James Earl Vader?
Some language -- NSFW?



There is also a shorter version available which is also good.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OGGbIj6giXk&feature=related

Posted By: gdanea - Tue Jan 05, 2010 - Comments (7)
Category: ShowBiz