September 2014
September 4, 2014
Sock It To Me
The owners of a 3 year old Great Dane took him to the vet because he was groaning and trying to throw up. After x-rays showed a mass of something in his stomach, the vet decided to operate. The surgery progressed something like a magician pulling hankies out of his pocket as the vet pulled sock after sock out of the dog's stomach. It was 43 in all pictured above. Fortunately the doggie came through just fine. Man, I'd hate to have to foot the bill for that though!
Posted By: Alex - Thu Sep 04, 2014 -
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Category: Animals, Dogs, Stomach, Eating
Beer Jelly
If you're a big beer fan, you can now spread beer on your toast, in the form of beer jelly. Available for $28 from uncommongoods.com.
Posted By: Alex - Thu Sep 04, 2014 -
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Category: Food
Truth in Advertising
Caution: many, many swears.
Posted By: Paul - Thu Sep 04, 2014 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Television, 1960s, Cars, Swears
September 3, 2014
Anti-Terrorism Coloring Book
Published by Really Big Coloring Books, which is hoping they'll be included in schools' curricula throughout the country. Though so far, it appears, no schools have taken them up on the offer. More info at NY Daily News.
Posted By: Alex - Wed Sep 03, 2014 -
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Category: Art, Terrorism and Terrorists, Children
O Dreamland
Full story here.
Posted By: Paul - Wed Sep 03, 2014 -
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Category: Beauty, Ugliness and Other Aesthetic Issues, Fairs, Amusement Parks, and Resorts, Movies, Avant Garde, 1950s
September 2, 2014
John Braund and His Cure for Cancer
Link to newspaper article of the era.
Posted By: Paul - Tue Sep 02, 2014 -
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Category: Eccentrics, Medicine, 1940s, South Pacific
No more low flying!
This is what the airlines did for in-flight entertainment, back in the day. From the Los Angeles Times, Sep 8, 1935:
Posted By: Alex - Tue Sep 02, 2014 -
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Category: Air Travel and Airlines, 1930s
September 1, 2014
Is Space Travel Covered?
Russia sent 5 geckos, amongst other small creatures, to space in order to study the animals sex habits in zero gravity. The satellite was recently brought back and the geckos were all dead, possibly due to freezing. Ok, first, if you are studying sexual activity why send an odd number of participants. Second, who did not know it is too cold for geckos in space? Yeah, yeah, they knew, but they sure didn't prepare for it sufficiently. Thirdly, were they insured by Geico??
Posted By: Alex - Mon Sep 01, 2014 -
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Category: Animals, Spaceflight, Astronautics, and Astronomy, Goofs and Screw-ups
Double Throat
The Ventriloquist Journal explains that this ad used to run in the back of comic books. What you got, if you sent away for it, was "a capsule-sized metal whistle thing you were supposed to put in your mouth... it was useless for anything except making whistle sounds."
Posted By: Alex - Mon Sep 01, 2014 -
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Category: Noises and Other Public Disturbances of the Peace, Advertising
“Infinite O’Clock” by Ken Nordine
More on the artist.
Posted By: Paul - Mon Sep 01, 2014 -
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Category: Dreams and Nightmares, Music, Avant Garde, Surrealism, Bohemians, Beatniks, Hippies and Slackers, 1950s
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