Weird Universe Archive
March 2011
March 14, 2011
Pat Boone’s “Speedy Gonzalez”
A gesture towards better relations between Mexico and the USA.
Posted By: Paul - Mon Mar 14, 2011 -
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Category: Music, Stereotypes and Cliches, Diplomacy and Foreign Relations, 1960s
News of the Weird / Pro Edition (March 14, 2011)
News of the Weird/Pro EditionYou're Still Not Cynical Enough
Prime Cuts of Underreported News from Last Week, Hand-Picked and Lightly Seasoned by Chuck Shepherd
March 14, 2011
(datelines March 5-March 12) (links correct as of March 14)
From Yr Editor
Pro Edition's quality is in part dependent on the inspirational quality of the news (up or down) each week. There are weeks in which "the news" crushes even the most cynical people. You may notice that here from time to time.
Things To Worry About This Week
Live
Comfy fabric seats are supposed to increase mass-transit ridership, but a San Francisco State University biologist examined local transit trains' seats. She tends to use the word "fecal" a lot. In the future? Psst! "Plastic"! New York Times
"Lady, in our courthouse, we don't permit monkeys--even if they're small enough that you can keep one inside your bra cup." Lynchburg News & Advance (Lynchburg, Va.)
Greatest Threat to Planet Earth (continued) [Reminder: It's "ignorance"]: Ronald Renken, 66, was arrested in Austin, Minn., on several bunko-scheme charges after successfully selling people access to a satellite that would beam down cures for various maladies. KIMT-TV (Mason City, Iowa)
Update: The Buffalo, N.Y., Muslim who was setting up a TV station to run programs to dispel negative stereotypes of Islam was sentenced to 25 years for beheading his wife. (Nothing to do with Islam, though, except that he said she bossed him around like a "terrorist training camp.") Fox News
♫ I Got Rhy ♪ . . . . . . . .thm: A 23-year-old man named Mathieu was diagnosed as being, allegedly, the first person found to suffer "beat" deafness. Discovery Channel News
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Posted By: Chuck - Mon Mar 14, 2011 -
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I found this on the icanhascheezburger-owned site "Historic LOLs." It's mostly just regular captions on vintage pictures, but occasionally they post actual vintage ads like this one. Be sure to check it out if you are interested in vintage pictures and ads.
Posted By: Salamander Sam - Mon Mar 14, 2011 -
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Category: Advertising, Products, Surrealism
March 13, 2011
Leave It to Roll-Oh
Posted By: Paul - Sun Mar 13, 2011 -
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Category: Domestic, Robots, Advertising, 1940s
March 12, 2011
The Earth Moved
The tragic 8.9 magnitude earthquake and resulting tsunami in Japan have done some horrible damage. Part of the effect of it, amazingly, is that the Earth was shifted on its axis by 4 inches. The huge waves of the tsunami also shaved 8 feet off of the Japanese coast. A truly devastating display of the power of nature.
Posted By: Alex - Sat Mar 12, 2011 -
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Boxed Music Drums
10 note curved canary tongue drum from Boxed Music Drums on Vimeo.
6 note tongue drum from Boxed Music Drums on Vimeo.
Songa from Boxed Music Drums on Vimeo.
Listen to these beautiful, weirdly configured drums.
Then visit the company that sells them here.
Posted By: Paul - Sat Mar 12, 2011 -
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Category: Art, Music, Technology
March 11, 2011
Grey Aliens Help Libyan Rebels!
I read this whole damn article, and they never once mentioned anything about Area 51!
Posted By: Paul - Fri Mar 11, 2011 -
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Category: Aliens, War
Rabbit Love
I'm not certain that the precise English phrases directed to Mr. Bunny are well understood.
Is it only me, or is all this bunny-stroking oddly erotic?
Posted By: Paul - Fri Mar 11, 2011 -
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Category: Animals, Hobbies and DIY, Video
March 10, 2011
Follies of the Mad Men #134
This is an actual Japanese McDonald's ad that has become somewhat notorious for its over-the-top portrayal of youthful excitement.
Posted By: Paul - Thu Mar 10, 2011 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Products, Food, Toys, Asia
March 9, 2011
Everything Is Better With Bacon
Even a veggie burger! Called the Hypocrite the sandwich is a veggie burger with bacon on it. A friend suggested it would play well in India and his Jewish wife said if that were the case then the reverse would do well in Israel.
Posted By: Alex - Wed Mar 09, 2011 -
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