Weird Universe Archive
September 2012
September 3, 2012
The Lucrative Deer Urine Industry
Judi Collora, owner of Mrs. Doe Pee's Buck Lures, makes her living selling deer urine. She sells it to hunters who use it to lure deers. Apparently it's a pretty good living. Businessweek.com figures she's a multimillionaire.Some factoids about the deer urine business: 1) it's seasonal, because deers pee more in the summer than they do in winter. 2) the urine is collected by means of a two-story barn. The deer are on the top floor, and their urine drips through grates into vats on the first floor.
Despite her success, Collora is worried about the future. She fears that an Obama victory in November will cause the collapse of the deer-urine industry. So it sounds like Romney has the deer-urine vote in the bag.
Posted By: Alex - Mon Sep 03, 2012 -
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Category: Animals, Jobs and Occupations, Body Fluids
September 2, 2012
Don’t Drink and Paint
Another installment in the "I've failed at everything, but maybe I can make it in the exciting industry of road painting."
Maybe this painter is really into abstracts -- could Van Gogh have started this way?
Posted By: gdanea - Sun Sep 02, 2012 -
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Category: Avant Garde
No Time for Ugliness
Imagine an idyllic era when the major problem cities faced was too much signage! And there are no foreclosure signs, even in the slums!
Yesterday's hell is today's paradise.
Posted By: Paul - Sun Sep 02, 2012 -
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Category: PSA’s, Signage, Urban Life, 1960s
Potty training in public
Infant port-a-potties must be the new thing. Last week I saw a mother having her kid go to the bathroom in one of them in the back of a pick-up truck in the parking lot of a local supermarket. Now here's a story about a mother who whipped out a port-a-potty in the middle of a crowded deli, and had her kid do her business right there, as the other diners looked on in disbelief. One diner snapped a photo, for the benefit of the internet.
Posted By: Alex - Sun Sep 02, 2012 -
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Category: Babies and Toddlers, Body Fluids, Excrement
Bikini Contest
Oh, didn't I mention it was a PREGNANT Bikini Contest?
Posted By: Alex - Sun Sep 02, 2012 -
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September 1, 2012
1960 Plymouth XNR Concept
Why aren't the streets of 2012 filled with such vehicles?
This one-of-a-kind car sold recently for nearly one million dollars. More info here.
Posted By: Paul - Sat Sep 01, 2012 -
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Category: 1960s, Cars, Yesterday’s Tomorrows
Shepherd of the Royal Anus
Strange job title. 'Shepherd of the Royal Anus' (neru pehut) was a title held by several court physicians in Ancient Egypt, including Ir-en-akhty (who lived during the First Intermediate Period) and his predecessor Khuy. It could also be translated as 'Herdsman of the Anus' or 'Guardian of the Anus'. Here's a partial explanation:As in all ancient cultures, the doctor was part of the priesthood. Each physician was responsible for curing only one illness. The god-king was attended to by a host of medical practitioners, each specializing in one body part and bearing such titles as Royal Keeper of the Pharaoh's Left Eye, Royal Keeper of the Pharaoh's Right Eye, or Shepherd of the Royal Anus.
And more:
[Neru Pehut was] a title borne by physicians qualified to prescribe and administer medicines rectally. Herodotus frequently speaks of the alimentary canal: the Egyptians, he says, 'purge themselves, for their health's sake, with emetics and clysters." Diodorus Siculus, writing four hundred years later, echoes this observation, saying that 'in order to prevent sicknesses they look after the health of their bodies by means of drenches, fastings, and emetics.' Enemas were among the most common modes of treatment, employed several times a month for preventive purposes.
Posted By: Alex - Sat Sep 01, 2012 -
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Category: Medicine, Odd Names, Ancient Times
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