Europe
Highest Hot Wheels Wall Track
No translation necessary.
Posted By: Paul - Sun Sep 01, 2013 -
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Category: Excess, Overkill, Hyperbole and Too Much Is Not Enough, Toys, World Records, Europe, Cars
Madge Gill
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Thanks to WU-vie Mark De Novellis, we learn of a new UK exhibition devoted to the work of outsider artist Madge Gill. If you image-google her name, you get tons of examples, such as you see above.
A nice visit if you're in the UK over the next several months.
Exhibition home page.
From the Wikipedia entry:
After recovering from her illness, she took a sudden and passionate interest in drawing, creating thousands of mediumistic works over the following 40 years, most done with ink in black and white. The works came in all sizes, from postcard-sized to huge sheets of fabric, some over 30 feet (9.1 m) long. She claimed to be guided by a spirit she called "Myrninerest" (my inner rest) and often signed her works in this name.
Posted By: Paul - Fri Aug 30, 2013 -
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Category: Museums, New Age, Outsider Art, Reader Recommendation, Europe, Nineteenth Century, Twentieth Century
Charley in New Town
Once upon a time, the suburbs were going to be utopia.
Posted By: Paul - Wed Aug 21, 2013 -
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Category: Domestic, Dreams and Nightmares, Government, Urban Life, Utopias and Dystopias, 1940s, Europe
Blindfolded Boxing
Posted By: Paul - Thu Jul 25, 2013 -
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Category: Contests, Races and Other Competitions, Sports, Martial Arts, 1940s, Europe
Lampy, the Multimillion-Dollar Garden Gnome
Read about Lampy here.
More Gnome history here.
Posted By: Paul - Fri Jun 21, 2013 -
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Category: Annoying Things, Cult Figures and Artifacts, Horticulture and Gardens, Foreign Customs, Europe, Nineteenth Century, Fictional Monsters
Flying Bike
More info here.
Posted By: Paul - Fri Jun 14, 2013 -
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Category: Bicycles and Other Human-powered Vehicles, Flight, Inventions, Europe
Makeup By Hanna Majava
Many more images at the links.
Her blog.
Her Facebook page.
Posted By: Paul - Sun Jun 09, 2013 -
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Category: Art, Europe, Body Painting
England’s Annual Shin-kicking Competition
The Wikipedia explanation.
The 2013 contest happens this weekend.
Posted By: Paul - Thu May 30, 2013 -
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Category: Annoying Things, Contests, Races and Other Competitions, Sports, Europe, Feet, Pain, Self-inflicted and Otherwise, Screams, Grunts and Other Exclamations
Eurovision 1971
Eurovision 2013 is now decided, so it's time for us to make fun of another past winner.
Just remember: the contest ain't over till the fat Severine sings.
Extra points for finding four clones of John Travolta, circa Saturday Night Fever, as her backup singers.
Posted By: Paul - Mon May 20, 2013 -
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Category: Contests, Races and Other Competitions, Ineptness, Crudity, Talentlessness, Kitsch, and Bad Art, Music, 1970s, Europe
Irish Car: The Shamrock
Why there is no Irish car industry today. From Wikipedia.
Shortly after production began, however, design flaws became apparent. Although the car was big and heavy, it used a relatively small Austin A55 1.5 litre engine, which limited performance. The A55 also provided the transmission and suspension. Another problem was that the rear wheels were shrouded by body panels and a rear wheel could not be removed (for puncture repair for example) without dropping its axle..... Production of up to 10,000 cars a year was talked about but as few as ten complete cars were produced during the six months before production ceased. After the factory closed, the unused parts were dumped into the local lake, Lough Muckno.
Posted By: Paul - Thu May 16, 2013 -
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Category: Regionalism, Success & Failure, 1950s, 1960s, Europe, Cars
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