1990s
The man who hated double parking
Robert Allan Miller hated double parkers so much that he left money in his will to the city of Bethlehem, PA for a fund that would reward police officers who ticketed double-parked cars.However, the city had to turn down the bequest due to their policy of not giving officers incentives for ticket-writing. (Which surprises me, since I figured municipal police depts used all kinds of ways to encourage officers to write tickets.)
Latrobe Bulletin - Aug 24, 1998
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Category: Law, Police and Other Law Enforcement, 1990s
Sound Bites
Interesting concept, as a gimmick. Though it seems like an impractical way to listen to music, and an expensive way to have a lollipop. No wonder it's no longer being made.
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Category: Toys, 1990s
Slow-Speed Chase
The Billings Gazette - Mar 29, 1998
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Category: Stupid Criminals, 1990s
Drunken Walking
Actually, although it sounds odd to study the problem of drunken walking, I wouldn't want to trivialize the problem. There was a case just recently here in San Diego of a young college student who decided the quickest way home from the bar was to walk across I-8. She didn't make it.
Tallahassee Democrat - Jan 1, 1994
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Category: Inebriation and Intoxicants, Weird Studies and Guides, 1990s
The girl who inhaled a Christmas tree
Fort Myers News-Press - Dec 17, 1995
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Category: Holidays, 1990s
Miller Clear Beer
One of the most notorious marketing failures in the beer industry: Miller's decision to create a beer that not only tasted like water, but looked like it as well. It was an outgrowth of the "clear craze" of the 1980s and 90s (making transparent products because, as wikipedia notes, "clarity was equated with purity and freedom from artificial dyes").
Staunton News Leader - June 27, 1993
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Category: Inebriation and Intoxicants, Products, 1990s
Fan Man
Arguably the most bizarre moment in boxing history: Nov 6, 1993. When a guy (James Miller, aka 'Fan Man') wearing a motorized paraglider crashed into the side of the ring during a match between Riddick Bowe and Evander Holyfield.The Las Vegas Review Journal looks back on it 25 years later.
The event was so famous that it was memorialized on an episode of The Simpsons:
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Category: Sports, 1990s
Unauthorized Dwellings 6
Source of article.
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Category: Unauthorized Dwellings, 1990s
Miracle Boost Jeans
Debuted in 1995. Promoted as the Wonderbra for your butt.
Sydney Morning Herald - Oct 6, 1995
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Category: Fashion, Denim, 1990s
Hunting Groceries
For one week in 1992, German artist Christian Jankowski "hunted" his groceries in the supermarket with a bow and arrow. From his website:Imagine trying to go into a supermarket with a bow and arrow nowadays to hunt your groceries.
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Category: Food, Shopping, Performance Art, 1990s
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