Holidays
Annual Christmas Fire & Ice Sale
A jeweler in DeLand, Florida is, for the third year, holding their Fire & Ice sale. Buy $450 or more worth of jewelry and get a free 12 gauge shot gun worth $270, provided you pass the background check. They have already given away 20 shot guns and have ordered more. Pretty good deal!
Posted By: Alex - Thu Dec 24, 2015 -
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Category: Guns, Holidays, Jewelry
Elmer Saves Christmas
Elmer research here and here.
Full story here.
Posted By: Paul - Sat Dec 19, 2015 -
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Category: Animals, Anthropomorphism, Fey, Twee, Whimsical, Naive and Sadsack, Holidays, 1950s
Christmas Tune Co-opted
Curse you, Halo Shampoo, for tricking me into thinking I was going to hear a nice rendition of "Jingle Bells."
Also, smart move you made, covering up the majority of the hair in your hair-centric commercial with hats.
Posted By: Paul - Wed Dec 16, 2015 -
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Category: Holidays, Advertising, 1950s, Hair and Hairstyling
Caroling Goats
Move over cats and dogs. Its goats turn to perform the classic Christmas carols this year.
Posted By: Alex - Sat Dec 12, 2015 -
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Category: Animals, Holidays, Parody
Dolphin for Christmas Dinner
He's already eaten part of it and says that it tastes pretty bad. But he's eating it for Christmas anyway because he believes eating roadkill, as opposed to a purposefully killed animal, is "more in keeping with the spirit of Christmas."
More: Leader Standard, Daily Mail
Posted By: Alex - Thu Dec 10, 2015 -
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Category: Food, Holidays
Hoover at Christmas
Does any woman want housework gear and appliances at Christmas? And how do you get the new stove wrapped and under the tree?
Posted By: Paul - Sat Dec 05, 2015 -
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Category: Family, Holidays, Appliances, 1960s
Frozen Turkey Comes Back To Life
Happy Thanksgiving! Hope you all enjoy your turkey dinner — and that your frozen turkey doesn't come back to life.
Sioux Center News - Nov 28, 1940
Following the snow storm Neal Spaan, Orange City hatchery man loaded up his frozen turkeys and peddled them. One customer, wanting to keep the turkey frozen for a few days put it into a snow bank and covered it with snow. When he came to dig it up the turkey lifted its head, stood up, shook off the snow and calmly walked away.
Posted By: Alex - Thu Nov 26, 2015 -
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Category: Animals, Holidays, Thanksgiving, 1940s
Happy Thanksgiving!
Posted By: Paul - Thu Nov 26, 2015 -
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Category: Animals, Death, Food, Holidays, 1920s
The Perect Thanksgiving Dessert
If Turducken is Gluttony 101 then Piecaken is the Masters Thesis. A pie inside a cake layered on another pie inside another cake. As many layers as you like with as many different combinations as you can think up. Decadent and delicious! Happy Thanksgiving everyone!
Posted By: Alex - Wed Nov 25, 2015 -
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Category: Excess, Overkill, Hyperbole and Too Much Is Not Enough, Food, Junk Food, Holidays
Nothing To Bragg About
What do you suppose would be the most inappropriate Halloween costume to wear to any military base, especially Ft. Bragg? Yep, emergency response was initiated and a gate was shut down over some idiot showing up to the base in a suicide bomber costume.
Posted By: Alex - Sun Nov 01, 2015 -
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Category: Costumes and Masks, Holidays, Military, Terrorism and Terrorists, Goofs and Screw-ups
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