Europe
Iceland’s First Bank Robbery
This happened in 1984, for pete's sake!
Original article here.
Posted By: Paul - Tue Jan 21, 2014 -
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Category: Crime, 1980s, Europe
Read Any Good Meters Lately?
Posted By: Paul - Sun Jan 12, 2014 -
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Category: PSA’s, Utilities and Power Generation, 1940s, Europe
The Pythagoras Cup
Astound your friends.
Full info here.
Posted By: Paul - Fri Jan 10, 2014 -
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Category: Science, Europe
Pocket Change
Posted By: Paul - Tue Jan 07, 2014 -
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Category: Excess, Overkill, Hyperbole and Too Much Is Not Enough, Money, Europe, Seventeenth Century
Ital-glish
Some fractured or idiosyncratic English which I photographed this week in Italy.
Posted By: Paul - Mon Dec 30, 2013 -
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Category: Signage, Europe, Mistranslations
The Day Today
A UK comedy show from 20 years ago, still offering laughs in this era of THE ONION and Borat. Once non-UK listeners get past a few very local allusions.
Full story here.
More episodes on YouTube.
Posted By: Paul - Sun Nov 24, 2013 -
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Category: Humor, Television, 1990s, Europe
Googoosha
A music video from the daughter of the dictator of Uzbekistan. "We have ways to make you dance!"
Full story here.
Posted By: Paul - Thu Nov 21, 2013 -
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Category: Music, Children, Parents, Foreign Customs, Asia, Europe
Mystery Cabinet
Who are these fanciful fellows? Answer after the jump.
More in extended >>
Posted By: Paul - Tue Nov 12, 2013 -
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Category: Government, 1950s, Europe
Apaches
Kids are so perishable!
Get the whole story here.
Posted By: Paul - Thu Oct 31, 2013 -
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Category: Accidents, Death, PSA’s, Children, 1970s, Europe
The Backwards Multilingual Singing Career of Jeanette
Because the USA market for music is so huge, singers from other countries are always trying to break in, abandoning their native languages for English.Maurice Chevalier. Charles Aznavour. Julio Iglesias. Shakira. The list goes on and on.
What's stranger is someone who abandons a career singing in native English to become a star abroad.
Such was the case of Jeanette.
Born in the UK and raised in America, she tried to be a folkie.
But failing that, she moved to Europe and became a great success, singing mostly in Spanish.
Of course, looking like a beautiful flower child didn't hurt!
Posted By: Paul - Sun Sep 22, 2013 -
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Category: Languages, Music, Bohemians, Beatniks, Hippies and Slackers, 1960s, 1970s, Europe, North America
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