Weird Universe Archive
October 2011
October 18, 2011
Beer Production, Rube Goldberg-Style
I personally would never drink a beer contaminated with heavy-metal drumming.
Posted By: Paul - Tue Oct 18, 2011 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Products, Surrealism, Alcohol
October 17, 2011
Natural Body Brace
Unnatural, I'd say!
Original ad here.
Posted By: Paul - Mon Oct 17, 2011 -
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Category: Body Modifications, Inventions, 1920s
Oh The Wonders Of Chocolate
This tip was told to me by a customer at my workplace. If you have a bruise you want to have fade quickly, melt some chocolate and cover the bruise with it. Put a bandage on the site overnight, remove it and wash (lick?) off the chocolate the next morning. The bruise will then, according to her story, be noticeably lighter. I thought this was just an old wives tale so when I got home I looked it up on the internet. Much to my surprise I discovered that the cure is touted on a number of sites. Chocolate, the food of the Gods, is there anything it can't do!
Posted By: Alex - Mon Oct 17, 2011 -
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News of the Weird / Pro Edition (October 17, 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
October 17, 2011
(datelines October 8-October 15) (links correct as of October 17)
The Rich Africans So Callous They Make Wall Street Bankers Look Cuddly, plus More Things to Worry About
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Leading African Economic Indicators: (1) In Abuja, Nigeria, men are being tricked out of their sperm, which is captured by prostitutes in condoms and sold to witch doctors serving up good fortune and health to rich Africans who buy into the juju shtik. (2) Even worse, in Kampala, Uganda, aid organizations say the past three years have been hell because several hundred children are murdered annually in sacrifices--a service purchased by the rich to procure, they believe, even greater fortune. (BBC News, posing as a client, interviewed one witch doctor, who explained "two ways of doing this . . bury the child alive on your construction site, or we cut them in different places and put their blood is a bottle of spiritual medicine." £250, please.) Codewit World News (Helsinki) /// BBC News
Saddam in the News: (1) A dead-on lookalike for Saddam Hussein said he was briefly kidnaped in Alexandria, Eqypt, last week after turning down the equivalent of $330,000 to star in a Saddam-themed porn video. (2) On the auction block in Britain: part of the iconic Saddam statue that was pulled down by joyous Iraqis in 2003 (back when Iraqis were joyous). The portion retrieved by the British soldier: a buttock. el-Ahram.org.eg via Huffington Post /// Al-Arabiya.net (Dubai)
Ultra-orthodox Jews in Israel are getting nastier. In the town of Beit Shemesh, Orthos built a girls' school too close to the Ultra neighborhood, and now the Ultras taunt and harass the Ortho children daily as they walk to class, mostly with slutty insults, stones, and tomatoes (Bonus: at least once with feces). Ortho children apparently dress quite modestly but not nearly modestly enough for the Ultras. BBC News
More in extended >>
Posted By: Chuck - Mon Oct 17, 2011 -
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Jingle Punjabi Tadka
In preparation for hibernation season (which seems to have been foist upon us early this year) I offer the following.WARNING: Contents may be harmful to your mind.
Posted By: Expat47 - Mon Oct 17, 2011 -
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October 16, 2011
Indy Driver Killed In Tragic Wreck
British race car driver, Dan Wheldon, was killed in a horrific wreck during today's Indy car race at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway. The field consisted of 34 cars, 15 of which were involved to one degree or another in the accident. Wheldon, 33, was a husband and the father of two little boys. The drivers of the undamaged cars decided to cancel the remainder of the race and the drove a five lap tribute to their fallen colleague. Links: slide show of wreck pictures, Wikipedia entry
Posted By: Alex - Sun Oct 16, 2011 -
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Fuller’s Dymaxion Map
Thanks to Robb of Warren for reminding us of this odd map. I took the image out of Comments, where it was too big, and resized it for display here.
Posted By: Paul - Sun Oct 16, 2011 -
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Category: Geography and Maps, Reader Recommendation
Turnabout Map of the Americas
Suddenly I feel dizzy....
Posted By: Paul - Sun Oct 16, 2011 -
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Category: Geography and Maps, 1980s
Celery, Nature’s Rotorooter!
I couldn't find where this originated from so I landed on Geezer Planet. That seems to be a WU for a more mature audience.
Posted By: Expat47 - Sun Oct 16, 2011 -
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October 15, 2011
Follies of the Mad Men #163
I cannot believe that even in the 1920s, this Wrigley's mascot was anything less than a source of nightmares to children everywhere.
Posted By: Paul - Sat Oct 15, 2011 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Products, Children, Junk Food, 1920s
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