Australia
My Boomerang Won’t Come Back
Posted By: Paul - Fri Apr 26, 2024 -
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Category: Racism, Stereotypes and Cliches, 1960s, Australia, Weapons
Bushells Tea: The City of Tomorrow
Posted By: Paul - Sat Apr 13, 2024 -
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Category: Predictions, Yesterday’s Tomorrows, Soda, Pop, Soft Drinks and other Non-Alcoholic Beverages, 1940s, Australia
Mr. Squiggle
All is explained at the Wikipedia page.Weird as the newer version is, the 1950s show was even weirder. Go to this link, for a non-embeddable sample.
Posted By: Paul - Wed Apr 10, 2024 -
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Category: Art, Puppets and Automatons, Television, Space Travel, Australia, Twentieth Century
Wrong turn leads into coal mine
That's a serious wrong turn!I had to look up the meaning of a "pit prop." It's a post that holds up the roof of a coal mine.
Brantford Expositor - Jan 8, 1963
I asked Microsoft's AI image creator to illustrate the news story. After a few false starts, this is what it came up with. Not too bad.
Posted By: Alex - Tue Feb 06, 2024 -
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Category: Confusion, Misunderstanding, and Incomprehension, 1960s, Australia, Cars
Two by Michael Leunig
The creator's Wikipedia page.
Posted By: Paul - Mon Aug 14, 2023 -
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Category: Humor, Satire, Cartoons, Australia
Squatter, the Sheep-Raising Game
Entry at games database, with pix.
Wikipedia page.
"Some board games turn up the tension so high you practically sweat through your clothes. Squatter, an Australian import which brings home the high-stakes world of sheep-herding, is probably not one of them."
Posted By: Paul - Tue Jul 07, 2020 -
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Category: Animals, Farming, Games, Australia
Follies of the Madmen #423
Flock of giant mutant kiwis in human shoes more disturbing than whimsical.
Source.
Posted By: Paul - Mon Apr 29, 2019 -
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Category: Animals, Anthropomorphism, Business, Advertising, 1960s, Australia, Fictional Monsters
Follies of the Madmen #412
Source.
Posted By: Paul - Wed Feb 13, 2019 -
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Category: Beauty, Ugliness and Other Aesthetic Issues, Advertising, 1960s, Australia, Skin and Skin Conditions
Wallaby Fur Koozie
Get yours here.
Posted By: Paul - Sat Oct 27, 2018 -
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Category: Animals, Australia, Alcohol
President Truman and the Albino Kangaroo
Source.
The animal was spoken of at a press conference.
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But according to LIFE, it came with a name.
Source.
BTW: what was meant by Truman being good at naming dinosaurs? I think this is the answer:
Source.
Posted By: Paul - Mon Aug 20, 2018 -
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Category: Animals, Government, Diplomacy and Foreign Relations, 1950s, Australia, North America
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