Children
The 10-year-old Powerlifter
Naomi Kutin can squat 215 pounds, and she's a ten-year-old girl who weighs 99 pounds. Impressive. I wonder what odds the bookmakers would give on her being a record-setting powerlifter when she's an adult?
Posted By: Alex - Thu Jul 12, 2012 -
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Category: Exercise and Fitness, Sports, Children
Long-Term Betting on Your Kids
According to the BBC, it's becoming increasingly popular for parents to place long-term bets with bookmakers on whether their kids will achieve fame and fortune during their lives. For instance, whether their kid will become a famous soccer player or a great golfer:"Parents betting on their children's future successes is as popular as betting on the final of the X Factor," says Jessica Bridge, from the firm.
...it's not all about sporting prowess, he says. Many parents will place bets that their children will pass a particular exam. And then there was the grandmother who thought her granddaughter so beautiful that she wagered she would grace the front cover of a leading fashion magazine.
"People do it for a variety of reasons," says Sharpe. "They are demonstrating that they have real faith in someone - have every confidence in them. They may be using it as an incentive. Or it could just be a bit of fun. Something to talk about, or put on the wall.
If only my parents had placed a bet when I was a child that I would grow up to be a blogger at Weird Universe, they'd be rich! Although the internet didn't exist back then, so it would have been a real longshot bet.
Posted By: Alex - Wed Jul 11, 2012 -
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Category: Family, Children, Games, Gambling, Casinos, Lotteries and Other Games of Chance
The Complete Blacky Pictures!
Thanks to the stellar research powers of Alex B., we now have the complete set of these oddball Freudian prompts.
Click on the image to enlarge.
Posted By: Paul - Thu Jun 28, 2012 -
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Category: Art, Children, Alex, 1950s, Mental Health and Insanity
More Blacky Pictures Test Pix
A little more ingenious searching allowed me to find three additional Blacky images.
Posted By: Paul - Fri Jun 08, 2012 -
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Category: Sexuality, Psychology, Children, Dogs, 1950s
The Blacky Pictures Test
What kind of kids' book is this? A Freudian one, to elicit psychosexual reactions from unsuspecting youngsters. Kids would be asked to interpret these loaded pictures, telling stories that revealed their supposed neuroses. Poor Oedipal Blacky, chewing up "Mama's" collar!
The Blacky Pictures were developed in 1950. They have been described as ‘a technique for the exploration of personality dynamics’ in children. They were developed by G. S. Blum in 1949. Each of the 12 cards making up the test feature a dog named ‘Blacky’. Each cartoon represents a different stage of psychosexual development (the way sexual behaviour develops, according to psychoanalysts). The test also looks at family relationships.
These five images are the only ones I have been able to find on the web, out of the 12 originals.
Posted By: Paul - Fri Jun 08, 2012 -
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Category: Sexuality, Psychology, Children, Dogs, 1950s
Namahage
And you thought clowns were scary! What about Namahage?
Posted By: Paul - Wed Mar 21, 2012 -
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Category: Holidays, Superstition, Children, Asia, Fictional Monsters
Kaylee vs. Candle
Get it, getit, geddit... geddit... geddit....(via Nothing To Do With Arbroath)
Posted By: Alex - Sun Jan 22, 2012 -
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Category: Ceremonies, Children
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
Say NO to Strangers!
The potential child molesters in this film are apparently: 1) Walt Disney (man with puppy); 2) the Beaver's Mom (woman in car).
Posted By: Paul - Wed Dec 14, 2011 -
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Category: Evil, PSA’s, Children, 1950s
Follies of the Mad Men #167
[Click to enlarge. From Esquire for February 1958.]
1) You are using a childrens' picture-book icon to advertise an adult product. Why not employ the Grinch to sell booze?
2) Even if some parent found this ad to be cute when presented with it in some other forum, you are running it in Esquire, a magazine which, prior to the debut of Playboy, was Swinging Bachelor Hangout #1.
Posted By: Paul - Wed Nov 23, 2011 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Products, Literature, Children, 1950s, Europe, Cars
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