Animals
The Town Where It Rains Bird Poop
In Tinton Falls, New Jersey, people have to take umbrellas whenever they go outside because it's constantly raining bird poop. It's like something out of Hitchcock's The Birds. Link: NBC NY.
Posted By: Alex - Wed Jan 04, 2012 -
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Category: Animals, Scatology, Excrement
Writing Letters to Rats
Back in more polite times, it was the custom for people to write letters to the rats infesting their homes, asking the rodents to leave before more aggressive measures were taken. From the article "Conjuring Rats," in the Journal of American Folklore (Jan/Mar 1892):
The method of delivering the letter was to grease it, roll it up, and push it into the entrance of the rat-hole "in order that it might be duly read, marked, and inwardly digested." An example of a letter to a rat is reproduced below:
Posted By: Alex - Mon Jan 02, 2012 -
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Category: Animals
Chicken Experiment No. 13
Chicken Experiment No.13 from LeMob on Vimeo.
Posted By: Paul - Wed Dec 21, 2011 -
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Category: Aliens, Animals, Humor, Cartoons
No Naked
No Naked! from caroline foley on Vimeo.
Posted By: Paul - Fri Dec 16, 2011 -
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Category: Animals, Body, Censorship, Bluenoses, Taboos, Prohibitions and Other Cultural No-No’s, Children, Cartoons
Johnson Smith Catalog Item #15
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What's good for pigs is good for people!
From the 1950 catalog.
Posted By: Paul - Mon Dec 12, 2011 -
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Category: Agriculture, Animals, Injuries, Johnson Smith Catalog, 1950s, Pranks
How Norman Bates Got His Start
"Here is my gift to mother."
"For tired businessmen; for the older boys too."
Original ad here.
Posted By: Paul - Mon Dec 05, 2011 -
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Category: Animals, Taxidermy, Hobbies and DIY, 1930s
Men’s Adventure Magazines
Here is a site guaranteed to chew up hours of your idle time.
My pal, Phil Stephensen-Payne, runs a page dedicated to the history of magazines. He recently put together a wing dedicated to the "true story" men's mags.
If you follow this link, you come to a page containing the names of over 150 such zines. Click on any title and be presented with a gallery of cover images like the one above.
Happy viewing!
Posted By: Paul - Mon Nov 28, 2011 -
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Category: Animals, Daredevils, Stuntpeople and Thrillseekers, Destruction, Magazines, Sexuality, Sports, Stereotypes and Cliches, War, Foreign Customs, 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, Men, Fictional Monsters, Graphics
Happy Thanksgiving!
Original article here.
Posted By: Paul - Thu Nov 24, 2011 -
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Category: Animals, Hobbies and DIY, Holidays, Public Indecency
Buffalo Pet Takes Up Lots of Room
World's biggest pet? It would be hard to give an elephant a ride in a car, invite him into your frontroom, or take him to the local bar. Bailey the Buffalo has done all of this and more.
Bar pose.
Bailey drinks both draft and root beer.
Posted By: gdanea - Sat Nov 12, 2011 -
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Category: Animals
Johnson Smith Catalog Item #10
Yeah, right, make money renting out your reptiles to store-owners.
From the 1950 catalog.
Posted By: Paul - Fri Oct 14, 2011 -
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Category: Animals, Frauds, Cons and Scams, Johnson Smith Catalog, Products, 1950s
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