No one cared about Rayo

1952: Rayo the Fakir nailed his tongue to a wooden board, but no one cared about the feat.

Lethbridge Herald - Feb 29, 1952

Franklin News Herald - Mar 28, 1952

Fredericksburg Standard - Jun 18, 1952

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Posted By: Alex - Mon Feb 01, 2016
Category: Human Marvels | 1950s

Comments

So, this Indian guy named Rudolf Schmidt..... And nobody cared???

Posted by Expat47 in Athens, Greece on 02/01/16 at 10:21 AM

And in Lille, too... I daresay the people there had better things to worry about than a fakir faker.

Posted by Richard Bos on 02/01/16 at 12:13 PM

People were expected to pay to see that? High school kids these days sport far more 'interesting' (to put it politely) hardware.

Posted by Phideaux on 02/01/16 at 02:16 PM

If he blew his nose once in a while he wouldn't be so off putting.

Posted by KDP on 02/01/16 at 02:33 PM

Nowadays what's another tongue piercing ? Meh

Posted by BrokeDad in Midwest US on 02/01/16 at 03:15 PM

Gross! Who the hell wants to see that?

Posted by Patty in Ohio, USA on 02/01/16 at 08:32 PM

Phideaux,

You have it right my friend. Mom, can I have permission to have a gold chain attached to both my nipples? A actual question a parent friend related to us from her 14yo daughter.

GG

Posted by Gator Guy on 02/01/16 at 08:36 PM

Back in my day (oh, God, am I really so old I'm using that line? Shoot me now!), it was truly, deeply embarrassing when two teens were kissing, and their braces locked together. Now, it's considered no big thing when a girl's tongue piercing gets caught in the ring of a guy's sack piercing.

Can you imagine a newspaper now covering a guy nailing his tongue to a board?

Posted by Phideaux on 02/01/16 at 09:01 PM

"Can you imagine a newspaper now covering a guy nailing his tongue to a board?"

I can imagine that more than, say, something actually news worthy.

Posted by Expat47 in Athens, Greece on 02/02/16 at 01:10 AM

shoving a 4 inch spike up the penis got me a good reaction from the public but my love life has suffered terribly

Posted by Jake the Snake on 02/02/16 at 05:19 PM

Dude!!!!! Why? Seriously, what possessed you to do that?

Posted by Patty in Ohio, USA on 02/02/16 at 06:12 PM

The "viagra-like" benefits don't always work out...

Posted by crc on 02/02/16 at 07:06 PM

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