December 2022
December 31, 2022
Name That List, #68
What is this a list of? The answer is below in extended.- women
- people with flat feet, eyebrows that meet, squint eyes, or obvious physical deformities
- midwives
- gravediggers and morticians
- hangmen
- thieves
- doctors and clergymen
- those dressed excessively well or poorly
- stingy or immoral people
- cats
More in extended >>
Posted By: Alex - Sat Dec 31, 2022 -
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Category: Name That List
Mississippi’s Queen of the Forest
I believe the title of this post alone would make the basis of an excellent fantasy franchise. Netflix, Apple+ or Amazon Prime--you know where to find me!
Senator John C. Stennis poses with Miss Katherine Alexander of Booneville, Mississippi and Governor of Miss. J. P. Coleman at the State Queen of the Forest Pageant in 1956. Left to Right: Senator Stennis, Miss Katherine Alexander, and Governor J. P. Coleman.
1959 Press Photo Dixie Shadburn, "Queen of the Forest" for Southeast Mississippi
Posted By: Paul - Sat Dec 31, 2022 -
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Category: Agriculture, Awards, Prizes, Competitions and Contests, Beauty, Ugliness and Other Aesthetic Issues, Regionalism, 1950s, 1960s
December 30, 2022
Blast-Resistant House
Posted By: Alex - Fri Dec 30, 2022 -
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Category: Architecture, Advertising, Atomic Power and Other Nuclear Matters, 1950s
No Pink Tax in the 1950s
Proof that the past was a happier era. No "Pink Tax" in effect. Daintiness at a discount!Although of course the base prices were outrageous. See the screenshots below the video.
Posted By: Paul - Fri Dec 30, 2022 -
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Category: Education, Hygiene, Advertising, 1950s
December 29, 2022
Mammiform and Protector
In 1864, Eleanor Marshall was granted Patent No. 43,321 for her "mammiform breast-protectors." From her patent:My improved mammiform and protector is formed of wire wound upon these formers, forming two springs, AA, connected together as shown, and being as similar as possible to the natural breasts. These springs AA may be separated and used singly when desired...
My improved mammiform and protector, being thus constructed, will be found to possess the following advantages: light, flexible, and covering the natural breasts without depressing them, and serving to protect them, and yet the springs of my mammiform and protector may be pressed together or onto the natural breasts, or in any other direction, and when relieved from such pressure resume their natural position and save the wearer the relaxing and debilitating effects of pads, answering all the purposes of a protector, and always presenting a natural appearance.
With springs like that, if a woman accidentally fell forward she'd bounce right back up.
Posted By: Alex - Thu Dec 29, 2022 -
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Category: Patents, Underwear, Nineteenth Century
Follies of the Madmen #551
Posted By: Paul - Thu Dec 29, 2022 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Robots, Women, Twentieth Century
December 28, 2022
Is it art, or is it a medical emergency?
London police recently responded to a report of a woman in an art gallery who appeared to be unconscious. The gallery was closed, but the non-moving woman could be seen through a window. So, "officers forced entry to the address, where they uncovered that the person was in fact a mannequin."The mannequin was part of a sculpture by American artist Mark Jenkins depicting the time his sister had "passed out and buried her face in a plate of soup."
More info: artnet.com
Posted By: Alex - Wed Dec 28, 2022 -
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Category: Art, Confusion, Misunderstanding, and Incomprehension
Lily Dale Spiritualist Camp
The entire HBO documentary appears to be free on YouTube, as embedded below.The Wikipedia page.
Posted By: Paul - Wed Dec 28, 2022 -
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Category: Supernatural, Occult, Paranormal, North America, Nineteenth Century
December 27, 2022
Mayo-Nog
In order to "highlight the versatility of Hellmann's Mayonnaise" Hellmann's hired mixologist Cody Goldstein to create an eggnog that substitutes mayo for eggs. And posted the recipe on its website.Personally, I'd be willing to try it. However, the idea of a mayonnaise cocktail definitely lacks mainstream appeal.
More info: foodandwine.com
Googling "mayonnaise cocktail" then revealed a far more disturbing creation: the tapeworm shot.
Posted By: Alex - Tue Dec 27, 2022 -
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Category: Mayonnaise
Dawn in a Duckblind
Listen in the comfort of home, and avoid the cold and wet.
Posted By: Paul - Tue Dec 27, 2022 -
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Category: Hunting, Trapping and Other Wilderness Activities, Vinyl Albums and Other Media Recordings, 1960s
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