Animals
Suicidal Deer
Illinois has put up new and different kind of deer crossing signs in order to get driver's attention. The idea came from a relative of an Illinois Township Highway commissioner. The relative had been to Colorado and seen them there. Cool idea, as it does grab one's attention.
Posted By: Alex - Tue Jan 12, 2016 -
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Category: Animals, Public Utilities
Mechanical duck attacks puppy
Merry Weird Christmas, everyone!
The San Mateo Times — Dec 26, 1951
CHICAGO, Dec. 26 — A mechanical duck disrupted the Christmas day quiet in the Lonnie Miller home.
The toy, wound up by 8-year-old Donald Miller, waddled across the floor and latched on to the tail of Smokie, a 10-month-old puppy.
Smokie howled. So did Donald. The duck held on grimly to the tail which was entangled in its clockwork mechanism.
Donald's father took Smokie and the duck to the animal welfare league where Allen Glisch separated the two with pliers, a screwdriver and wire snippers.
Posted By: Alex - Fri Dec 25, 2015 -
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Category: Animals, Holidays, 1950s
Fighting Tigers
Posted By: Paul - Thu Dec 24, 2015 -
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Category: Animals, Daredevils, Stuntpeople and Thrillseekers, Movies, Asia
Uncle Wiggly vs. DONNIE DARKO Rabbit
Equally creepy? The earlier guy the inspiration for the later one?
Original ad here.
Posted By: Paul - Sun Dec 20, 2015 -
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Category: Animals, Anthropomorphism, Games, Movies, 1920s, 2000s, Fictional Monsters
Cannibalistic Ducks
Cannibalistic terror in the world of ducks:
El Paso Herald - Aug 18, 1926
A quick google search reveals that cannibalism is a "vice" that ducks are known to sometimes develop. As noted on an Australian government website about the brooding and rearing of ducks:
overcrowding
lack of ventilation
faulty nutrition.
The only known way to stop it is to remove the rim at the front of the bird’s upper bill. Commercial beak-trimming machines are available. They have heated cauterising blades and run on electricity or butane gas. Beak trimming should be performed only by a competent operator and only when it is essential to reduce damage and suffering in the flock.
Posted By: Alex - Sat Dec 19, 2015 -
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Category: Animals, 1920s
Elmer Saves Christmas
Elmer research here and here.
Full story here.
Posted By: Paul - Sat Dec 19, 2015 -
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Category: Animals, Anthropomorphism, Fey, Twee, Whimsical, Naive and Sadsack, Holidays, 1950s
Caroling Goats
Move over cats and dogs. Its goats turn to perform the classic Christmas carols this year.
Posted By: Alex - Sat Dec 12, 2015 -
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Category: Animals, Holidays, Parody
Kattle Kaller Auto Horn
I would definitely buy one of these today.
Given digital technology, would it not be easy to install a speaker under your hood which broadcast an infinite number of digital sound files on command?
Original ad here.
Posted By: Paul - Thu Dec 10, 2015 -
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Category: Animals, 1950s, Cars, Cacophony, Dissonance, White Noise and Other Sonic Assaults
Frozen Turkey Comes Back To Life
Happy Thanksgiving! Hope you all enjoy your turkey dinner — and that your frozen turkey doesn't come back to life.
Sioux Center News - Nov 28, 1940
Following the snow storm Neal Spaan, Orange City hatchery man loaded up his frozen turkeys and peddled them. One customer, wanting to keep the turkey frozen for a few days put it into a snow bank and covered it with snow. When he came to dig it up the turkey lifted its head, stood up, shook off the snow and calmly walked away.
Posted By: Alex - Thu Nov 26, 2015 -
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Category: Animals, Holidays, Thanksgiving, 1940s
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