May 2014
May 23, 2014
1970s Electronic Games
Posted By: Paul - Fri May 23, 2014 -
Comments (14)
Category: Toys, Advertising, Computers, 1970s
May 22, 2014
The Personal Space Dress
Posted By: Alex - Thu May 22, 2014 -
Comments (6)
Category: Fashion
Operation Ranger and Operation Buster-Jangle
What a crazy old world that was. "Mutually Assured Destruction." But we just thought it was normal at the time.
Posted By: Paul - Thu May 22, 2014 -
Comments (3)
Category: Death, Destruction, Dreams and Nightmares, Science, Technology, War, Armed Forces, Weapons, Documentaries, 1950s
May 21, 2014
1920s Anti-Forgery Pen
To read the text better, visit original ad here.
Posted By: Paul - Wed May 21, 2014 -
Comments (4)
Category: Crime, Technology, 1920s
This Is Me
Heller hopes to start selling "This Is Me"s for $14.95 each later this month. More info at nydailynews.com.
Posted By: Alex - Wed May 21, 2014 -
Comments (8)
Category: Inventions
May 20, 2014
Drinkable Suntan Lotion
New from Osmosis Skincare. A suntan lotion that you don't need to rub all over your skin. You just drink it. The Bristol Post explains:The drinkable solution is supposedly the equivalent of factor 30 SPF sun screen.
Not only drinkable, but holistic! That certainly sounds credible.
Posted By: Alex - Tue May 20, 2014 -
Comments (18)
Category: Health, Medicine
Pink Lady and Jeff
Ranked among the fifty worst TV shows ever.
Posted By: Paul - Tue May 20, 2014 -
Comments (3)
Category: Ineptness, Crudity, Talentlessness, Kitsch, and Bad Art, Music, Television, 1980s, Asia
May 19, 2014
The Sweet Pea
It seems to me as if this guy has "invented" a ceramic funnel. Also, he says it wouldn't smell, but I'm not too sure about that. [ksn.com]
Posted By: Alex - Mon May 19, 2014 -
Comments (16)
Category: Bathrooms
Virgil Partch
I just finished reading this great book on cartoonist Virgil Partch, who defined cartoon weirdness for several decades.The book revealed that Partch was a great joker in real life as well. He and some buddies founded the Balboa Island Sculling and Punting Society, which was an excuse to putter around the marina, freak out the squares and get drunk. Not satisfied with those activities however, they aimed higher. First they decided to take a "boat ride" from their West Coast hangout to Las Vegas. How? By putting a boat on a truck and riding inside the craft while being driven across the desert.
Then they decided to take a train to Catalina Island, by a similar expedient.
Here's a fuller account of their exploits.
Posted By: Paul - Mon May 19, 2014 -
Comments (4)
Category: Oceans and Maritime Pursuits, Comics, Bohemians, Beatniks, Hippies and Slackers, 1950s
May 18, 2014
Cow Ghost Terrorizes Town
Rogue cows are an old theme here on WU. This one apparently went rogue in the afterlife. As reported by the New York World - Aug 9, 1896.
[via Kay Massingill]
Posted By: Alex - Sun May 18, 2014 -
Comments (6)
Category: Paranormal, Cows, Nineteenth Century
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