June 2015
June 6, 2015
Free Elvis record with panties
Eddie Fisher, Perry Como the other options. 1950s, I assume.
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Posted By: Alex - Sat Jun 06, 2015 -
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Category: Music, Underwear, 1950s
A Strange Pet
Original article here.
Posted By: Paul - Sat Jun 06, 2015 -
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Category: Animals, Death, Children, 1910s, Australia
June 5, 2015
Ziggin and Zaggin
Posted By: Alex - Fri Jun 05, 2015 -
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Category: Political Correctness, Bus
Monster on the Campus
Posted By: Paul - Fri Jun 05, 2015 -
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Category: Ineptness, Crudity, Talentlessness, Kitsch, and Bad Art, Movies, 1950s, Fictional Monsters
June 4, 2015
Life & Death Quiz
Take the Ubble UK Longevity Quiz and see how you score mortality wise over the next five years. Share results in extended if you'd like.
Posted By: Alex - Thu Jun 04, 2015 -
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Category: Death, Predictions, Quizzes
New “fake” Challenge
You have all heard of the Ice Bucket Challenge that raised millions for ALS (Which BTW my mother-in-law died from)
Now there is this challenge that is fake. But I like it though. Maybe we can get our Patty to try it and post a selfie ??
http://metro.co.uk/2015/06/02/this-is-why-women-are-taking-selfies-of-bottles-of-coke-held-between-their-breasts-5227099/
http://heavy.com/social/2015/05/hold-a-coke-with-your-boobs-challenge-all-the-photos-pictures-instagram-breast-cancer-awareness/
NSFW links
Posted By: BrokeDad - Thu Jun 04, 2015 -
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Category: Pop Culture, Internet, Women, Charity
Follies of the Madmen #250
Yes, men's socks were really improved by the spinoffs of aviation technology, and are somehow emblematic of an era of increased air travel.
From Esquire for October 1962.
Posted By: Paul - Thu Jun 04, 2015 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Products, Fashion, Air Travel and Airlines, 1960s
Ken Gidney, Professional Ant Catcher
Ken Gidney made $1.4 million catching ants. He supplied the ants for the Uncle Milton Ant Farm sets. He got the job in 1956 (by being first in line in response to the job ad) and continued at it for over 20 years, getting paid 1 cent per ant.His technique: "At first I excavated and I would catch 'em on broom straws. Then I found I could dig a narrow hole alongside an ant hill and place a baby food jar next to it." He would blow into the hole using a plastic hose and the ants would scurry out into the jar.
Sources: Lawrence Journal-World - Jul 4, 1976; The Evening Independent - Feb 17, 1976
Posted By: Alex - Thu Jun 04, 2015 -
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Category: Jobs and Occupations
June 3, 2015
Zero Tolerance Extends To Parents
Superintendent Jay Foster of Senatobia Schools in Mississippi pressed disturbing the peace charges against parents who did not follow his directions to hold applause till the end of the graduation ceremony. Not only were the offending parents removed from the audience, missing the rest of the ceremony, but they now each face a possible $500 fine. Apparently zero tolerance now extends to parents as well.
Picture from Yahoo images
Posted By: Alex - Wed Jun 03, 2015 -
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Category: Annoying Things, Bombast, Bloviation and Pretentiousness, Surrealism, Can’t Possibly Be True
Teddy Bears Remote Picnic
14-year-old Emma Welch recently set a world record for the "largest teddy bears’ picnic on a mountain summit." She arranged the transport of 135 tedddy bears to the summit of Mount Snowdon in North Wales. All done for a good cause, to help raise money for brain tumor research.But the reason she had to narrow her world record attempt down to a specific location is because the world record for largest teddy bears' picnic (anywhere) is pretty competitive. The record seems to have been held since 1995 by the Dublin Zoo, for a picnic with 33,573 bears in attendance. That set the bar pretty high, and people have been trying (and failing) to beat it ever since.
Posted By: Alex - Wed Jun 03, 2015 -
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Category: World Records
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