Body
Woman coughs out lung
A case report in the New England Journal of Medicine describes a woman who coughed so hard that she pushed her lung out through her ribs. That's got to be painful.
According to msnbc.com, violent coughing can also result in collapsed lungs, ruptured spleens, and eyeballs coming out of their sockets. Lovely!
This hits close to home for me because my wife occasionally suffers from an intense cough. She may go for several years without any problems, but when "The Cough" (as we call it) returns, it's always pretty bad. And it usually takes several months for it to go away. Thankfully it's been a while since she last had The Cough. (knock on wood).
Posted By: Alex - Fri Jan 06, 2012 -
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Category: Body, Diseases, Medicine
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
Follies of the Mad Men #169
You saw the Janus-faced cat. You saw the Janus-faced baby. But little did you think that such mutants could grow up to have a profitable career in advertising!
Original ad here.
Posted By: Paul - Sun Dec 11, 2011 -
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Category: Body, Business, Advertising, Products, Freaks, Oddities, Quirks of Nature, 1950s
If beauty is skin deep, Ugly goes to the bone
I just wanted to show how cool this development from Google Labs really is, and use some of my "ugly" jokes. It's too bad Google Labs is shutting down.Another -- He puts the "ugh" in ugly.
A family joke -- When we say something is "Two kinds of Pretty", we are using shorthand for this phrase -- "That's two kinds of pretty; pretty ugly and pretty apt to stay that way."
Here's the link to the pc world posting:
http://www.pcworld.com/article/236183/best_of_google_labs_a_retrospective.html#tk.mod_rel
Apparently, most computers don't have the capacity to use this software, so this video gives us an insight into what it can do.
Don't forget to add your favorite comment. I'll take the first two:
She's got a great set of lungs.
I can't believe she had the guts to pose for this.
Posted By: gdanea - Sun Nov 20, 2011 -
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Category: Body
Boris Artsybasheff
We did a post on this artist over two years ago, but I recently ran across these great illustrations, and he's never out of style.
So, if you have never seen the weird art of Boris Artsybasheff before, here's a sample.
Original article here.
Posted By: Paul - Fri Nov 18, 2011 -
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Category: Body, Surrealism, 1950s
Dr. Olgierd Lindan’s Collection of Unusual Medical Devices & Antique Electronics
WU-vies will find much to amuse them on this page of weird medical gadgets.
One of the prime charlatans whose stuff is on display was a fellow named Dr. Albert Abrams pictured to the right.
You can read a book he wrote here.
Posted By: Paul - Sat Nov 05, 2011 -
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Category: Body, Frauds, Cons and Scams, Medicine, Body Fluids, 1900s, 1910s, 1920s, Nineteenth Century
Sigalit Landau
S. Landau "DeadSee" by maneb40
This is the nude artist swimming in the Dead Sea with several bushels of watermelons.
Warning: minor artistic nudity a few pixels wide.
Artist's home page.
Posted By: Paul - Fri Nov 04, 2011 -
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Category: Art, Performance Art, Body, Food, Oceans and Maritime Pursuits
Educated Feet for Correct Posture
Posted By: Paul - Sun Oct 30, 2011 -
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Category: Body, Feet, PSA’s, Children
Bone Houses
Anyone in LA might be interested in this signing:
Paul Koudounaris signs and discusses his book, The Empire of Death
Thursday, October 27, 7 p.m.
The Brand Library
1601 West Mountain Street
Glendale, CA 91201-1209
(818) 548-2051
Posted By: Paul - Tue Oct 25, 2011 -
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Category: Body, Customs, Death, Religion, Books
Follies of the Mad Men #160
This fellow should definitely enter the annual "grungiest sneaker" contest.
Posted By: Paul - Sat Sep 17, 2011 -
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Category: Body, Feet, Business, Advertising, Products, Hygiene
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