Thanet Girl fights dog poo

At the front of the group shot below is "Thanet Girl," an 'eco superhero' who patrols the streets of Thanet teaching kids about the importance of picking up dog poo. Her cry to arms is, "There is no such thing as the Dog Poo Fairy."

She's aided in her efforts by the FIDO machine, which is some kind of robot dog that rolls around Thanet sucking up what dogs leave behind. Link: thisiskent.co.uk

Posted By: Alex - Tue May 08, 2012 - Comments (4)
Category: Hygiene, Excrement, Scatology, Dogs

Dinos Caused Prehistoric Global Warming

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Posted By: Expat47 - Mon May 07, 2012 - Comments (8)
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Strange Iconography

A Scottish child and a Native-American child pour hair tonic on the head of an elderly Anglo man and massage it in, while a child soldier out of some European comic opera stands by with sword upraised in tribute.

The only sensible part of this weird iconography is the Scottish kid. Once upon a time, right up to, oh, the 1960s, "anything Scottish = cheap and economical" was standard advertising shorthand.

Original ad here, with accompanying text.

Posted By: Paul - Mon May 07, 2012 - Comments (10)
Category: Business, Advertising, Products, Stereotypes and Cliches, Hair Styling, 1900s, Weapons, Hair and Hairstyling

Sega’s New ‘Toylet’ Urinal Game

The more you pee, the higher your score. So the obvious strategy is to keep drinking until you're ready to burst, and hope there isn't a line to play the game. (via pcauthority.com.au)

Posted By: Alex - Mon May 07, 2012 - Comments (5)
Category: Bathrooms, Body Fluids

Chuck’s Weekly Cite-Seeing (May 7, 2012)

Chuck's Weekly Cite-Seeing Tour
The Crème de la Crème, Every Monday

Hand-Picked and Lightly Seasoned by Chuck Shepherd
May 7, 2012
(datelines from April 27 or later) (links correct as of May 7)

Newtown Township, Pa.: A man "between 35 and 45" reportedly flashed a woman . . in the bookstore of the Bucks County Association for the Blind. Unclear on the Concept. Phillyburbs.com

Seattle: Attorney Andrew Basiago renewed his claim that he time-traveled as part of a DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency) project from the time he was 7 until age 12. He said he and his colleagues would jump through a field of radiant energy into a vortal tunnel and "when the tunnel closed, we found ourselves at our destination." (Bonus: The project had issues, he admits, e.g., twice, while back in time, he ran into himself.) Huffington Post

San Francisco: Henry Wolf filed a lawsuit against BMW for its "ridged" motorcycle seat, which he said gave him priapism during a four-hour ride, and he still suffers from it. SFGate.com

Port St. Lucie, Fla.: High school staff member Robert Van Wagner was arrested after he allegedly tried to convince girls aged 12 and 13 to please put on these-here socks and run around that field for him. TCPalm.com (Stuart, Fla.)

New York City: It was "Weekend at Bernie's" but where a lawyer got to cross-examine the hoaxer, who pretended to be his own mom. (Thomas Parkin gambled away his real estate inheritance and thought the only way to get it back was to pretend his now-dead mom never gave it to him and thus still owned it, but that required him to be both himself and the now-still-alive mom.) (Q: "You speak with her, correct? How does she respond?") (A: "It's one-sided.") Daily Beast



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Posted By: Chuck - Mon May 07, 2012 - Comments (2)
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Faux Nessie

Someone put a sculpture of the Loch Ness monster in the Chippewa River near Eau Claire , Wisconsin. Unfortunately the Department of Natural Resources is not amused and wants it gone. The anonymous artist has promised, in an unsigned letter to the local paper, to remove faux Nessie and the area Menard's store has offered a home for her. So all's well that ends well, hopefully.

Posted By: Alex - Sun May 06, 2012 - Comments (3)
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Little Armadillos

Posted By: Paul - Sun May 06, 2012 - Comments (3)
Category: Hygiene, Science, Cartoons, Natural Wonders

The Great Gravityo

The Great Gravityo was the stage name of Albert Franklin Davidson (1880-1949), a multi-talented performer whose career spanned the first half of the 20th Century. He's one of many once-popular performers who are now all but forgotten. His specialty was pulling cars and lifting heavy weights with his hair, but he was also a sharpshooter, juggler, magician, and trapeze artist.

He performed right up to the end of his life, dying of a heart attack shortly after a performance at the age of 69. It's amazing he still had his hair at 69, given his occupation.

There was hardly any info online about him. But here's a brief description of his act I found in the Paris Texas News (Sep 4, 1941):

Posted By: Alex - Sun May 06, 2012 - Comments (8)
Category: Human Marvels, ShowBiz

LEGO Wigs

By artist Elroy Klee.

Posted By: Alex - Sat May 05, 2012 - Comments (3)
Category: Fashion, Headgear

Harmless

"The story is about a husband and father and his battle with pornography. Actual home movies and interviews tell the story of the terror the family faces when a box of pornography is opened and something is unleashed."

Backed by a religious group. Surprised?

And if you haven't guessed, despite the subject matter, it's Safe For Virginal Eyes.

Posted By: Paul - Sat May 05, 2012 - Comments (10)
Category: Family, Husbands, Ineptness, Crudity, Talentlessness, Kitsch, and Bad Art, Movies, PSA’s, Sexuality, Genitals, Mental Health and Insanity