Weird Universe Archive
October 2011
October 14, 2011
Top Ten Google Earth Surprises
Colonel Sanders? Really?But the planes are cool!!
Posted By: gdanea - Fri Oct 14, 2011 -
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Category: Science
Big Chief Hole in the Ground
A sensitive portrayal of Native Americans, from this film.
Posted By: Paul - Fri Oct 14, 2011 -
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Category: Movies, Music, Stereotypes and Cliches, 1950s
Johnson Smith Catalog Item #10
Yeah, right, make money renting out your reptiles to store-owners.
From the 1950 catalog.
Posted By: Paul - Fri Oct 14, 2011 -
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Category: Animals, Frauds, Cons and Scams, Johnson Smith Catalog, Products, 1950s
Shame on you Christopher Columbus
It seems that there is nowIt seems that 500 years ago Mr. C. Columbus opened the "New World" for tourism causing a mass exodus from Europe which lead to re-forestation of vast regions which, in turn caused more CO2 to be sucked out of the atmo....
Ah... this is just too much..... Go read the article.
Read All About It!
Posted By: Expat47 - Fri Oct 14, 2011 -
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October 13, 2011
Numi Toilet
Longtime WU-vies know all about the Japanese fascination with complex automated toilets. Now there's one for the USA market.
And for only $6400.00!
Read a review here.
Posted By: Paul - Thu Oct 13, 2011 -
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Category: Domestic, Appliances, Hygiene, Baths, Showers and Other Cleansing Methods, Body Fluids, Excrement, Flatulence, Money, Outrageous Excess
Ride The Shark
An Oregon man out surfing before work got the ride of his life Monday. Waiting for a wave Doug Niblack felt something hit his board then found himself standing on the back of a great white shark. He remained on the thrashing animal for 3 or 4 seconds till it shot out from under him. Doug and an off duty member of the Coast guard who was also out surfing quickly swam to shore. Congrats Doug, on Monday October 10th, 2011 you were the luckiest man in the world, you rode a shark and lived to tell about it!
Posted By: Alex - Thu Oct 13, 2011 -
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October 12, 2011
Ocupación
The artist's concept: to walk in traffic with car horns strapped to her back.
Or, as the translated text from YouTube says: "Occupation of space for the transit of cars with loud support from a portable device with 4 horns (12 v) for cars."
Artist's home page (in Spanish).
Posted By: Paul - Wed Oct 12, 2011 -
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Category: Art, Avant Garde, Ineptness, Crudity, Talentlessness, Kitsch, and Bad Art, Motor Vehicles, Central America
October 11, 2011
How Dale Became Famous (In Certain Circles)
Screenshot from a new video by one of my favorite artists, Chris Mars.
Not embeddable, but definitely worth a visit to Facebook.
Posted By: Paul - Tue Oct 11, 2011 -
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Category: Aliens, Horror, Outsider Art
October 10, 2011
World Porridge-making Championship
The video is from last year. Meet the 2011 winner here.
Posted By: Paul - Mon Oct 10, 2011 -
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Category: Contests, Races and Other Competitions, Food, Europe
News of the Weird / Pro Edition (October 10, 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 10, 2011
(datelines October 1-October 8) (links correct as of October 10)
The Tone-Deaf Head Teacher/Porn Writer, Plus Even More Things to Worry About
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Can't Possibly Be True: A prominent education official in Ontario has published a novel for teens that he says is to "empower" them about their sexuality but will surely be a hit on ephebophile websites. Sexteens and the Fake Goddess is set at a school of ultra-horny students, and the Toronto Star calls out its "striptease, breast fondling, bum grabbing [and] orgasms," with a headmaster telling a pep rally that "if he was younger, he would have sex with all the girls in the audience." The author, Jacques Tremblay, is chair of discipline of the Ontario College of Teachers--ruling on charges of misbehavior by teachers. (Bonus: Tremblay's resume says he's a certified trainer in "infant massage.") (Double Bonus: The deputy headmaster in the book is Mr. Harry Dick.) Toronto Star
Fine Points of UK Human Rights Law: Initial reports said a British judge had granted residence to a Bolivian immigrant solely because sending him back home would disrupt his cat's quality of life. Now that we've had a chance to take a deep breath, it turns out that . . um, it's almost true. The judge said he was persuaded that the immigrant had established a "family" relationship with his same-sex partner, and, as exhibit number one for calling the couple a family (rather than a hook-up) there is Maya, the cat! Daily Mail
Urban farms are common, and maybe even urban animal farms (where there are vacant lots and big backyards). Here is urban chicken-farming in a 1BR apartment in New York City's Queens. "I don't think it's the ideal situation," said the farmer. But chickens are "loving," "cute," "fun to [watch] run around," "excited when we come home." Downside: "[T]hey poop everywhere." New York Daily News
He's not done yet. Pastor Harold Camping, recently recovered from the stroke God visited upon him for screwing up the May 21st "rapture," has decided he was off by only five months and that the Day of Doom is October 21st. There is no pressure on y'all this time around, for the Lord's list was already made up by May 21st. Seattle Post-Intelligencer [Bonus: At the link is a video link in which Camping explains his Biblical mix-up]
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Posted By: Chuck - Mon Oct 10, 2011 -
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