March 2015
March 13, 2015
Eugene Hart, Boy Stowaway
Original article here.
Posted By: Paul - Fri Mar 13, 2015 -
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Category: Family, Juvenile Delinquency, Oceans and Maritime Pursuits, 1950s
March 12, 2015
Gun Silencer Bacon Cooker
I've heard about using a car engine to cook breakfast (in fact, that idea is immortalized in Rick Altergott's great artwork for WU -- see the side column), but this is the first time I've seen a gun used for the same purpose.
Posted By: Alex - Thu Mar 12, 2015 -
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Category: Guns, Bacon
Rocky Roberts
This video offers a perfect pairing of weird personalities.
Rocky Roberts, a black man from the USA, once a boxer, who became a pop star, but only in Europe.
Jayne Mansfield, dancing and uttering the line, "My ears directed my body toward the sound." 'Nuff said.
More coverage below.
Original article here.
Posted By: Paul - Thu Mar 12, 2015 -
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Category: Movies, Music, Sex Symbols, 1960s, Dance, Europe
March 11, 2015
Capsula Mundi
The latest effort in green burials is Capsula Mundi. The people behind it (who are based in Italy) write:Seems like a nice idea, though they say it's currently illegal in Italy, and I'm sure it's probably illegal here in the States as well.
Posted By: Alex - Wed Mar 11, 2015 -
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Category: Death
Practical Jokes on Corpse
Original article here.
Posted By: Paul - Wed Mar 11, 2015 -
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Category: Death, Work and Vocational Training, 1900s, Pranks
March 10, 2015
The Short Weird Fiction of Guy Benoit
WU-vians with a spare couple of minutes, and who are looking for a wry chuckle or two, would be well advised to check out the flash fiction of Guy Benoit. A small taste below.A tip o' the chapeau to our WU artist Rick Altergott for the alert.
Posted By: Paul - Tue Mar 10, 2015 -
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Category: Literature, Avant Garde, Reader Recommendation
Mothers Against Potholes
Back in 1982, a group of mothers in the Detroit area got tired of the local government not doing enough to tackle the problem of potholes. So they started repairing the roads themselves, calling themselves the Mothers Against Potholes. It was a noble effort, but I'm not sure that, in the end, their efforts really made that much difference.
The Salina Journal - Apr 2, 1982
Posted By: Alex - Tue Mar 10, 2015 -
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Category: 1980s
Follies of the Madmen #243
Posted By: Paul - Tue Mar 10, 2015 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Products, Music, Toys, 1960s
March 9, 2015
The man who posted himself to Australia
On the theme of People Who Have Posted Themselves Through The Mail, so far we have already noted the achievements in this line of activity of Henry Bray, May Pierstorff, and Johann Beck.We can add to our list Reg Spiers, about whom the BBC News recently ran an article. In the mid-1960s, Spiers posted himself from London to Australia as a way to cheaply get back home in time for his daughter's birthday. The cost of a plane ticket was actually cheaper than the cost of shipping such a heavy crate, but Spiers knew that he could send the crate cash-on-delivery, so that payment would only be required once he was in Australia.
His plan succeeded. When he arrived in Australia, the crate (with him inside it) was put in a storage shed from which he managed to escape and hitchhike home. He never had to pay the shipping fees.
Posted By: Alex - Mon Mar 09, 2015 -
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Category: 1960s, Postal Services
Jet-Propelled Papa
Posted By: Paul - Mon Mar 09, 2015 -
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Category: Music, Technology, Science Fiction, 1940s
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