Holidays
Follies of the Madmen #284
Reminding me of that old proverb, "If billfolds were neckties, publicists would be geniuses."
Scanned from Good Housekeeping for December 1953.
Posted By: Paul - Thu Jun 09, 2016 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Products, Fashion, Holidays, Surrealism, 1950s
Graves open on Memorial Day
Source: From an "unidentified Kansas Newspaper." Reprinted in National Lampoon's True Facts: The Big Book (1995).
Posted By: Alex - Mon May 30, 2016 -
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Category: Holidays
Happy Easter 2016!
Posted By: Paul - Sun Mar 27, 2016 -
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Category: Animals, Holidays, Easter, Headgear
Its A Jersey Thing
Even the Easter Bunny can't act right in New Jersey!
Posted By: Alex - Mon Mar 21, 2016 -
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Category: Destruction, Holidays, Public Humiliation
Frog Postcards
Please consider the usefulness and attractiveness of having frogs convey your birthday, Xmas, Valentine's Day or New Year's wishes.
Posted By: Paul - Wed Mar 02, 2016 -
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Category: Animals, Holidays, Nineteenth Century, Twentieth Century, Postal Services
Weird Leap Year Facts
With February 29 coming up fast, About.com encouraged its writers to create some leap year-related content, so I did my part.Definitely learned some new info from writing this — such as that February is shorter than every other month because the Roman Senate, in trying to suck up to Augustus, took a day from February and added it to his month (August) to make it longer.
Posted By: Alex - Tue Feb 23, 2016 -
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Category: History, Holidays
Blood Red Valentine’s
Tired of the same old roses, chocolates and dinner out for Valentine's Day? St. Albans Sanatorium offers something a little different. Forever and Always: Tales of Love Gone Wrong is a haunted house attraction about lovers for lovers. Sounds like fun, but I still want the chocolates too!
Update: The link and video above are from 2013 but they have a 2016 attraction too.
Posted By: Alex - Sat Feb 13, 2016 -
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Category: Holidays, Love and Romance
Happy New Year’s 2016!
I hope every WU-vie was a good boy or girl last nite!
Posted By: Paul - Fri Jan 01, 2016 -
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Category: Holidays, Public Indecency
Gingerbread Overlook Hotel
The Overlook Hotel was the hotel in the movie The Shining. Check out the very cool gingerbread version above, more pictures at the link.
Posted By: Alex - Fri Dec 25, 2015 -
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Category: Buildings and Other Structures, Food, Holidays, Horror
Mechanical duck attacks puppy
Merry Weird Christmas, everyone!
The San Mateo Times — Dec 26, 1951
CHICAGO, Dec. 26 — A mechanical duck disrupted the Christmas day quiet in the Lonnie Miller home.
The toy, wound up by 8-year-old Donald Miller, waddled across the floor and latched on to the tail of Smokie, a 10-month-old puppy.
Smokie howled. So did Donald. The duck held on grimly to the tail which was entangled in its clockwork mechanism.
Donald's father took Smokie and the duck to the animal welfare league where Allen Glisch separated the two with pliers, a screwdriver and wire snippers.
Posted By: Alex - Fri Dec 25, 2015 -
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Category: Animals, Holidays, 1950s
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