October 2018
October 22, 2018
The Mystery of Ambrose Small
Master Weirdist Charles Fort once made a jest involving two mysterious vanishings: "Was somebody collecting Ambroses?"One of the Ambroses involved was the famous Ambrose Bierce.
The other was much less-known: Ambrose Small.
One would think that after so many years, all had been said about Small's disappearance. But I can't find any reference to this further extension of the case as seen below.
Original article here.
More on the Small case.
Posted By: Paul - Mon Oct 22, 2018 -
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Category: Crime, Cult Figures and Artifacts, Death, Twentieth Century
October 21, 2018
Manpons
Strange ads created by the charity WaterAid in 2015 asking people to imagine what the world would be like if men had periods and had to use 'manpons'. This then served as a lead-in to the info that 1.25 billion women worldwide don't have access to a toilet during their period.
Posted By: Alex - Sun Oct 21, 2018 -
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Category: Hygiene, Body Fluids, Advertising
Shame of the Jungle
Cartoon nudity.The Wikipedia page.
Posted By: Paul - Sun Oct 21, 2018 -
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Category: Sexuality, Cartoons, 1970s, Africa, Europe
October 20, 2018
Unoccupied car bursts into flames
A short-circuit? Sounds more like the car was possessed.
The Bridgeport Post - Apr 10, 1972
Posted By: Alex - Sat Oct 20, 2018 -
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Category: 1970s, Cars
Rossa Richter, the First Human Cannonball
Not generally cited in the sterling list of accomplishments by women throughout history.
A small article.
Her Wikipedia page.
Posted By: Paul - Sat Oct 20, 2018 -
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Category: Daredevils, Stuntpeople and Thrillseekers, Human Marvels, Women, Nineteenth Century
October 19, 2018
Expando-Vision
Introduced in 1983 by Stimutech. It was a device that could flash subliminal messages on your TV screen as you watched TV. The maker emphasized the ways this could be put to use for self-help (weight-loss, stop smoking, stop drinking, etc.). But they did sell a "Sexual Invitation" program that surreptitiously flashed messages of seduction: "Sex is OK, Let us make love, I am OK, We share sexually, Let us kiss, Let us caress, Let us be naked, We explore bodies, Let us be together.”
John Dvorak, InfoWorld - Dec 26, 1983
Lansing State Journal - Dec 4, 1983
Posted By: Alex - Fri Oct 19, 2018 -
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Category: Innuendo, Double Entendres, Symbolism, Nudge-Nudge-Wink-Wink and Subliminal Messages, Technology, Psychology, 1980s
Starlit Stairway
Posted By: Paul - Fri Oct 19, 2018 -
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Category: Amateurs and Fans, Regionalism, Television, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s
October 18, 2018
Name That List, #49
What is this a list of? The answer is below in extended.- Qoop
- Fairtilizer
- Ipipi
- Heekya
- Thoof
- Qriously
- Doostang
- Weebly
- Yoono
- Zlio
- Diigo
- Insala
- Jiglu
- Mzinga
- Oooooc
- ooVoo
- Sclipo
More in extended >>
Posted By: Alex - Thu Oct 18, 2018 -
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Category: Name That List
Follies of the Madmen #390
Our coffee is appreciated by harridans and idiots.
Posted By: Paul - Thu Oct 18, 2018 -
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Category: Annoying Things, Business, Advertising, Products, Coffee and other Legal Stimulants, 1950s
October 17, 2018
Dr. George W. Crane’s H-E-L-P Formula
A nugget of applied psychology wisdom from the 1960s: How young women could avoid date rape, according to Dr. George W. Crane, a well-known psychologist and newspaper columnist — "Girls, if you can keep your escort talking, you can ward off assault, even by a vicious rapist! So ply him with questions! Keep him talking! Praise some of his good points but always fade out of your part of the dialogue with a question mark!"Crane's logic was that, "A man cannot engage in gay conversation and meanwhile be sexually passionate! For these are opposing actions!" He offered the H-E-L-P formula as a mnemonic to help women keep the 'gay conversation' going. The idea was that they should quiz a potential assailant about Hobbies, Entertainment, Literature, and Politics, in that order.
There's more about Crane on Wikipedia. Apparently he developed the first computer dating organization. There's also this:
Mansfield News-Journal - Mar 21, 1968
Posted By: Alex - Wed Oct 17, 2018 -
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Category: Psychology, 1960s
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