Food
Follies of the Mad Men #193
I just don't know... That lion looks pretty forbidding to me, for a suitable company mascot, as if he's saying, "Yeah, pal, just try to take my caffeine fix away from me!"
And won't the creatures of Narnia complain that we're using Aslan as a shill?
Original ad here.
Posted By: Paul - Sun Nov 18, 2012 -
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Category: Animals, Business, Advertising, Products, Food, 1900s
Bagel Möbius strip
How to make a Bagel Möbius Strip, or "How to slice a bagel into two linked halves." Get the full instructions at the website of George W. Hart, who describes himself as a "freelance mathematical sculptor/designer."
Posted By: Alex - Fri Nov 16, 2012 -
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Category: Art, Food
Virgin Boy Eggs
Over in Dongyang, China, eggs boiled in the urine of young boys are considered a delicacy. They're called "Virgin Boy Eggs," and eating them is supposed to have various health benefits such as improving circulation and making you feel reinvigorated. They're said to have a "fresh and salty taste."
Posted By: Alex - Thu Nov 15, 2012 -
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Category: Food, Eggs, Children, Body Fluids
Intermission Ads: An Abandoned Artform
Artforms are not eternal. Sonnets don't get written much anymore. And certainly the Golden Age of the intermission advertisement is, lamentably, long gone.
Posted By: Paul - Mon Nov 12, 2012 -
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Category: Art, Food, Movies, Advertising, 1950s, 1960s
Follies of the Mad Men #192
I wish Mr. Indigo Blue and Mr. Beamish Bright had become as popular as Goofus and Gallant. What adventures they could have had while conquering constipation!
Original ad here.
Posted By: Paul - Wed Oct 24, 2012 -
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Category: Bathrooms, Body, Business, Advertising, Products, Food, Stereotypes and Cliches, 1940s
Boredom Through Ham-carving
If these hams weren't so delicious looking, I'd rank these videos even higher on the boredom scale we have explored here before. Philip Jones is the new maestro of the somnolence-inducing monologue.
And I thought the whole point of a spiral-cut ham was, "no carving involved"...?
Posted By: Paul - Sun Oct 21, 2012 -
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Category: Boredom, Food, PSA’s
Chicken Deception Criminalized
Be careful in Zimbabwe. If you serve your husband the gizzard, wings and a drumstick instead of the breast and "back portions", you may get hauled to tribal court and fined ... wait for it....
a chicken.
Here's the link.
http://nehandaradio.com/2012/10/15/nkayi-woman-assaulted-for-eating-chicken-thigh/
The part that really angered the husband was the the wife had eaten the "best parts", which are reserved for the husband by local custom.
But everyone seems fine with the assault and possible divorce facing the 24 year old wife. Even the grandmother was charged with "dereliction of duty" for not teaching her grand-daughter "the rules".
Makes me glad I don't live in Nkayi. Or Zimbabwe.
Sorry to readers living in Nkayi and Zimbabwe.
Posted By: gdanea - Sat Oct 20, 2012 -
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Category: Food
Blue Honey
Bee keepers in northeastern France were at first puzzled why their bees started to produce blue and green honey. They finally figured out that the bees were picking up dyes from a local M&M plant. The colored honey looks pretty cool, but the bee keepers have decided that it's unsellable. nbcnews.com
Posted By: Alex - Mon Oct 08, 2012 -
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Category: Food
Happy Food
This one is best enjoyed at full-screen dimensions.
Posted By: Paul - Fri Sep 28, 2012 -
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Category: Anthropomorphism, Food, Cartoons
Weird Woodrow Wilson
Two further odd reasons why Woodrow Wilson is recalled as one of our worst presidents: sweet sorghum and no wine!
Posted By: Paul - Thu Sep 13, 2012 -
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Category: Eccentrics, Food, Government, 1910s, Alcohol
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