Oceans and Maritime Pursuits
Regretably Prophetic Oil Company Ad
[In two halves: click each to enlarge]
Original ad here.
Posted By: Paul - Wed Aug 01, 2012 -
Comments (11)
Category: Business, Advertising, Products, Nature, Natural Resources, Oceans and Maritime Pursuits, 1960s
Playtime Submarine
Billionaire moviemaker and undersea explorer James Cameron's got nothing on this Swinging Sixties couple!
Original article here.
Posted By: Paul - Sun Jun 24, 2012 -
Comments (7)
Category: Oceans and Maritime Pursuits, Technology, 1960s
Tentacle Grape
Old-hand WU-vies know all about the fascination of the Japanese for "tentacle sex." But did you know you could buy the matching soft drink?
One question remains: is the English-only pun with "tentacle rape" intentional or accidental?
Buy yours here.
Posted By: Paul - Mon Mar 12, 2012 -
Comments (8)
Category: Animals, Oceans and Maritime Pursuits, Junk Food, Asia
Moose Motorboat
Or should that headline be "moose-motor boat"...?
Original article here.
Posted By: Paul - Sat Feb 18, 2012 -
Comments (6)
Category: Animals, Eccentrics, Oceans and Maritime Pursuits, 1920s
Sigalit Landau
S. Landau "DeadSee" by maneb40
This is the nude artist swimming in the Dead Sea with several bushels of watermelons.
Warning: minor artistic nudity a few pixels wide.
Artist's home page.
Posted By: Paul - Fri Nov 04, 2011 -
Comments (4)
Category: Art, Performance Art, Body, Food, Oceans and Maritime Pursuits
World Record Bikini Parade
Thank god for the Aussies!
Posted By: Paul - Thu Oct 06, 2011 -
Comments (3)
Category: Contests, Races and Other Competitions, Fashion, Oceans and Maritime Pursuits, Women, Australia
Malibu Mermaid
A highly valuable public service announcement spotlighting every woman's nightmare: nip slip.
Learn more about the model here.
Posted By: Paul - Fri Aug 19, 2011 -
Comments (8)
Category: Oceans and Maritime Pursuits, PSA’s, Sex Symbols, 1950s
Water-powered Jetpack
Read more here.
Posted By: Paul - Mon Mar 21, 2011 -
Comments (5)
Category: Flight, Oceans and Maritime Pursuits, Technology
Non-human Barbie
Posted By: Paul - Fri Nov 26, 2010 -
Comments (5)
Category: Aliens, Oceans and Maritime Pursuits, Sexuality, Toys
Bog Snorkelling
This year's results are in!
Posted By: Paul - Mon Aug 30, 2010 -
Comments (4)
Category: Contests, Races and Other Competitions, Eccentrics, Oceans and Maritime Pursuits, Europe
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