1960s
Follies of the Madmen #446
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Posted By: Paul - Mon Sep 30, 2019 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Stereotypes and Cliches, Tobacco and Smoking, 1960s, Men, Women
Mammary Seasonings
Still for sale, as of this posting.
Posted By: Paul - Tue Sep 24, 2019 -
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Category: Body, Excess, Overkill, Hyperbole and Too Much Is Not Enough, Food, 1960s
Follies of the Madmen #445
Yes, it's perfectly safe to drive your one-ton car on the same surface as the 150-lb iceboat.
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Posted By: Paul - Sun Sep 22, 2019 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Daredevils, Stuntpeople and Thrillseekers, Death, Sports, 1960s, Cars
Project Rulison
Sep. 10 was the 50th anniversary of Project Rulison, which was an underground nuclear test conducted in Rulison, Colorado. Its purpose was to determine if a nuclear bomb, detonated underground, could be used to release natural gas.The answer was, not really, because the bomb will radiate the gas, making it unusable.
But what gave the test extra weirdness was that a handful of protesters tried to stop it by placing themselves on top of it. As an article on CBS Denver notes:
The protesters survived, but I'm assuming they must be the only people to have ever been directly on top of a nuclear explosion who lived to tell about it.
An article on vice.com offers a few details about what it felt like to be in the blast zone:
Posted By: Alex - Thu Sep 19, 2019 -
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Category: Atomic Power and Other Nuclear Matters, 1960s
Follies of the Madmen #444
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Posted By: Paul - Wed Sep 18, 2019 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Sex Symbols, 1960s, Perfume and Cologne and Other Scents
Bob Harter’s “The Atom”
Posted By: Paul - Tue Sep 17, 2019 -
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Category: Ineptness, Crudity, Talentlessness, Kitsch, and Bad Art, Music, Politics, Propaganda, Thought Control and Brainwashing, PSA’s, War, Weapons, 1960s
Remco Monkey Gun
Nerf missiles? For wimps!
Posted By: Paul - Sun Sep 15, 2019 -
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Category: Destruction, Toys, 1960s, Weapons
Nun in a miniskirt
November 1969: The fact that Sister Joann Malone of the Order of Loreto was protesting wasn't particularly big news, but the fact that she was wearing a miniskirt as she did so was front-page news.
Sydney Morning Herald - Nov 21, 1969
Decatur Herald - Nov 20, 1969
Her superior, Sister Rose Maureen Sanders, head of the St. Louis province of the Sisters of Loreto, wasn’t too happy about the fashion decision. From a follow-up article:
“I regretted the photo when I saw it in newspapers here and thought her wearing a miniskirt was ridiculous,” said the provincial superior.
“It’s an aberration on her part. Many, many sisters are wearing modern clothes but would not choose a miniskirt. Why do the newspapers print things like that?”
Posted By: Alex - Thu Sep 12, 2019 -
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Category: Fashion, Religion, Nuns, 1960s
Follies of the Madmen #443
A toilet seat is never, ever going to resonate with "jewels."
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Posted By: Paul - Tue Sep 10, 2019 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Domestic, Interior Decorating, Body Fluids, Excrement, Flatulence, 1960s
HERCULES IN NEW YORK
Wikipedia page.
Posted By: Paul - Mon Sep 09, 2019 -
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Category: Body Modifications, Celebrities, Ineptness, Crudity, Talentlessness, Kitsch, and Bad Art, Movies, Foreign Customs, 1960s
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