September 2018
September 25, 2018
Toni’s Boys
A male version of Charlie's Angels that never made it past a 1980 pilot episode. From Wikipedia:
Posted By: Alex - Tue Sep 25, 2018 -
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Category: Television, 1980s
Follies of the Madmen #386
Very convoluted ad for the Sir Galahad watchband that will add courage to your wrist.
By the way:
Posted By: Paul - Tue Sep 25, 2018 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Products, Television, 1940s, Comedians
September 24, 2018
A great moment in criminal defense
"The mere fact that you're holding up McDonald's with a gun doesn't mean you give up your right to be protected from somebody who wants to shoot you."-Attorney for Timothy Ray Anderson who was shot by a security guard while robbing a McDonald's in 1991.
I'm curious to know what happened to Anderson's case, but haven't been able to find any follow-up about it.
Wisconsin State Journal - May 29, 1993
Posted By: Alex - Mon Sep 24, 2018 -
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Category: Crime, Lawsuits
The Four Preps Diss Their Rivals
Two early examples of the diss track.
Posted By: Paul - Mon Sep 24, 2018 -
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Category: Music, Rivalries, Feuds and Grudges, 1960s
September 23, 2018
Most walnuts cracked against the head
S. Navin Kumar of Nellore, India recently smashed 217 walnuts with his head in one minute, thereby beating the old record by 36 walnuts.Unfortunately the video ended too soon. I wanted to see what his forehead looked like after finishing.
Also, he lost a lot of time turning around the end of the table. I bet he could beat his record simply by setting up a longer row of tables.
More info: Food & Wine
Posted By: Alex - Sun Sep 23, 2018 -
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Category: World Records
Scherenschinitte
I actually kinda like listening to the German I can't understand. Allows me to focus on the art and imagine how it's done.Here's the Wikipedia page, which tells hardly anything more.
Here's the full version of that animated feature seen briefly above.
The artist's Wikipedia entry.
Posted By: Paul - Sun Sep 23, 2018 -
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Category: Art, Stop-motion Animation
September 22, 2018
Sponge Shoes
New from designer Christopher Kane: shoes with kitchen sponges glued onto them. They retail for around £800 (about $1046), but are already sold out.
But if they were available, you could round out the look with a sponge clutch from the same designer.
And to really complete your kitchen cleaning look, don't miss these mop shoes, also from Christopher Kane. (More info: refinery29)
Posted By: Alex - Sat Sep 22, 2018 -
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Category: Fashion
Follies of the Madmen #385
Our shoes are comparable to hideous sea monsters.
Original ad here.
Posted By: Paul - Sat Sep 22, 2018 -
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Category: Beauty, Ugliness and Other Aesthetic Issues, Business, Advertising, Shoes, 1940s, Fictional Monsters
September 21, 2018
Paved Deer
I've heard of road-line painting crews not bothering to move roadkill out of the way. But I hadn't heard before of a paving crew simply paving over a dead animal instead of moving it.For some pics of roadkill painted over see: improbable research
Allentown Morning Call - Aug 22, 1996
Allentown Morning Call - Sep 14, 1996
Posted By: Alex - Fri Sep 21, 2018 -
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Category: Animals, Death, Highways, Roads, Streets and Traffic
Smoker’s Robot
Source.
Posted By: Paul - Fri Sep 21, 2018 -
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Category: Tobacco and Smoking, Chindogu, 1950s
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