Nature
Follies of the Madmen #263
The deodorant that combines the crushing force of Niagara Falls with the brutal chemicals of a municipal water-treatment plant.
Posted By: Paul - Mon Oct 26, 2015 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Products, Hygiene, Nature, 1950s
The Life Cycle of the Pin Mould
"If a ripe head is squeezed, an enormous number of little things fastened together in a sticky mess are jerked out."
They teach this filth in our schools!?!
Posted By: Paul - Tue Sep 22, 2015 -
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Category: Boredom, Hygiene, Innuendo, Double Entendres, Symbolism, Nudge-Nudge-Wink-Wink and Subliminal Messages, Nature, 1940s
Climate Change Coke
As our poor abused planet whipsaws between extreme cold and extreme heat on a minute-to-minute schedule, only Coke can help soothe our pain. The "melting glacier" allegory at the end is effective, albeit unsubtle.
Posted By: Paul - Wed Sep 09, 2015 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Products, Nature, Soda, Pop, Soft Drinks and other Non-Alcoholic Beverages, 1960s
Death By Flowers
This is either a case of the unluckiest spouse ever, or a perfect murder by the husband.
Original article here.
Posted By: Paul - Fri Aug 28, 2015 -
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Category: Death, Nature, Husbands, Wives, 1970s
Father Pierre Monastery Herbs
Original ad.
I wish I could find a picture on the internet of the packaging for this product. Or learn who the legendary Father Pierre was. Alas, even the mighty Web does not have the answer to everything.
But I did find out the ingredients.
As to the recipe's effectiveness, I cannot attest.
Apparently, this current-day Russian product also known as "Monastery Herbs" has a different composition.
"Ingredients: rose hips, currant leaves, birch leaves, roots and rhizomes Elecampane, grass oregano herb St. John's wort, willow (willow-herb)."
Russian page.
Posted By: Paul - Tue Aug 25, 2015 -
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Category: Body, Nature, Religion, Advertising, Excrement, 1940s, Russia
Litigation Through Poetry: Or, Texas Is Hell
Source.
Posted By: Paul - Wed Jul 22, 2015 -
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Category: Law, Nature, Regionalism, Religion, Poetry, 1900s
Diving for Buttons
"Today, little remains of the industry but the occasional telltale sign spotted on the ground—shells laced with perfectly round holes—and millions of mother-of-pearl buttons saved in button jars across the country, cut from blouses and shirts from a time when nothing was wasted."
The whole story, in depth. (No pun intended.)
Posted By: Paul - Fri Apr 24, 2015 -
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Category: Fashion, Nature, Regionalism, 1950s, North America
Giant Ice Cube with Man Inside
This has been a rough winter here in the Northeast, but I don't think we've had an instance yet like this one from 1906.
Original article here.
Posted By: Paul - Thu Mar 05, 2015 -
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Category: Accidents, Death, Nature, 1900s
Digging in the Dirt as Art
Escape 130206.001 Raerd from Leanne Wijnsma on Vimeo.
This woman does not intend to plant a shrub. It's her art.
Read the whole account here.
Posted By: Paul - Wed Mar 04, 2015 -
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Category: Ineptness, Crudity, Talentlessness, Kitsch, and Bad Art, Nature, Avant Garde, Europe
The Icyclist
I am so sick of winter. But maybe if I had a nice bike like this one...
Posted By: Paul - Fri Feb 27, 2015 -
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Category: Inventions, Nature, 1930s
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