Death
Beer in a Dead Squirrel
I do not see this limited-edition beer for sale any longer on the BrewDog home page. But perhaps you should subscribe to their newsletter for any such future offerings.Article here from 2016.
Posted By: Paul - Thu Oct 17, 2019 -
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Category: Animals, Beauty, Ugliness and Other Aesthetic Issues, Death, Excess, Overkill, Hyperbole and Too Much Is Not Enough, Alcohol
Marion Zioncheck, Bipolar Congressman
Congressman Marion Zioncheck , America ' s crazy MP , is in gaol at Washington after having been accused of standing on his landlady and hurling bottles and a typewriter through the windows of his wrecked Washington apartment uttering wild cries all the time . The incident occurred at the end of a whirlwind honeymoon tour . Mr . Zioncheck has just returned to America with his bride from the turbulent South American island of Porto Rico , which they were requested to leave after figuring in a series of " incidents." On one occasion the Congressman pelted passers-by with coconuts from his balcony . Then the couple arrived back in Washington they were soon involved in the dispute with the landlady , Mrs . Benjamin Young , who told the ambulance men that "Zioncheck ruined my home , called me vile names and stood on me " . It is now stated that Zioncheck intends to run for the US Vice - presidency .
Read the whole sad story--ending in suicide--here.
Posted By: Paul - Tue Oct 08, 2019 -
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Category: Bad Habits, Neuroses and Psychoses, Death, Government, Officials, 1930s, Mental Health and Insanity
Max Und Moritz
Cartoon violence? God forbid!The Wikipedia page.
Posted By: Paul - Tue Oct 01, 2019 -
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Category: Animals, Antisocial Activities, Death, Destruction, Domestic, Cartoons, Stop-motion Animation, 1940s, Europe, Nineteenth Century
Follies of the Madmen #445
Yes, it's perfectly safe to drive your one-ton car on the same surface as the 150-lb iceboat.
Source.
Posted By: Paul - Sun Sep 22, 2019 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Daredevils, Stuntpeople and Thrillseekers, Death, Sports, 1960s, Cars
The Show Won’t Go On
I haven’t read the book yet, but the topic sounds like it would be of interest to WUvies. It's described as the first comprehensive study of the phenomenon of performers who died onstage:
Amazon link.
The website for the book includes some examples of recent deaths while performing.
Posted By: Alex - Mon Sep 16, 2019 -
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Category: Death, Books
Death by helicopter
Parachuting onto the whirling blades of a helicopter is both an unusual and a horrific way to die. It's definitely the worst kind of parachute accident I can imagine. It happened to one young woman — her first time parachuting — back in August 1987.
The Guardian - Aug 10, 1987
Paula Goodayle “who was hacked to death when she fell through the whirling blades of a helicopter during her first jump.”
The Sport Parachutist magazine (Oct 1987) offered some details into the subsequent investigation of the incident. The basic conclusion seems to have been that it was a colossal screw-up to have had students continue to parachute when a helicopter was in the area.
The conclusions of the Board of Inquiry were that Drop Zone Control or Air Traffic Control failed to suspend parachuting when the helicopter was in the area and that the helicopter pilot failed to take avoiding action or clear the area when parachiting was in progress. The Board could see no reason why parachuting was not suspended or why the helicopter was in the area whilst parachuting was taking place.
The recommendations of the Board were that whenever a student parachute programme is in operation, the Drop Zone Controller must have radio communication with parachuting aircraft for the purpose of suspending parachuting.
Posted By: Alex - Sat Sep 14, 2019 -
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Category: Death, Flight, 1980s
Asbestos-Clad, Fireworks-Laden Boxers
Original is here.
Posted By: Paul - Thu Sep 12, 2019 -
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Category: Daredevils, Stuntpeople and Thrillseekers, Death, Excess, Overkill, Hyperbole and Too Much Is Not Enough, Explosives, Foreign Customs, 1930s
The Segway Drift
Although a year old at least, these ridiculous contraptions escaped my attention till now.Segway home page for the skates.
Buy yours at Amazon!
Posted By: Paul - Sun Sep 01, 2019 -
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Category: Death, Excess, Overkill, Hyperbole and Too Much Is Not Enough, Chindogu
Rabbit
Posted By: Paul - Fri Aug 30, 2019 -
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Category: Aliens, Animals, Armageddon and Apocalypses, Death, Destruction, Surrealism, Children, Cartoons, Dismemberment, Fictional Monsters
Cremain Library
Shinjuku temple, located in Tokyo, is an ultra-high-tech Buddhist temple and cemetery. From Icon Magazine:
image source: byakurengedo.net
Sounds expensive. Scattering ashes seems to me like both a cheaper and better option.
Posted By: Alex - Fri Aug 23, 2019 -
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Category: Death
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