October 2012
October 11, 2012
Babette Goes to War
Brigitte Bardot fights Nazis! Possibly an inspiration for both Hogan's Heroes and Private Benjamin...?
Posted By: Paul - Thu Oct 11, 2012 -
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Category: Humor, Movies, Sex Symbols, 1950s
October 10, 2012
Gorillas Watch Caterpillar
Inter-species fascination is fun to watch, but if you are the boss, you may be the one who gets to watch the caterpillar.Did anyone else get the feeling they were considering lunch?
Think about what you sitting there watching this means. One species (us) watching another species(gorillas) watch another species (caterpillar). If we could only know if the caterpillar was watching another species. And don't forget, there is someone out there watching what you are watching. (And probably someone watching them.)
Posted By: gdanea - Wed Oct 10, 2012 -
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Category: Animals
Worlds Fastest Pram
Colin Furze is a new father! So he built this. He expects to beat the world record of 30 MPH
with a top speed estimated at 50 MPH!!
Posted By: Tyrusguy - Wed Oct 10, 2012 -
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Backward High Heels
They say these are supposed to show the extremes women go to so they will look sexy?
Posted By: Tyrusguy - Wed Oct 10, 2012 -
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Mrs. Jones’ Flesh Grower
Who knew bioengineering and stem cells were in use so long ago?
Original ad here.
Posted By: Paul - Wed Oct 10, 2012 -
Comments (7)
Category: Body, Bodybuilding, Body Modifications, Frauds, Cons and Scams, Self-help Schemes, 1900s
Classes in Store Windows
With school budgets constantly declining, maybe this is a money-saving solution that should be reconsidered. Stop building new schools and conduct classes in store windows instead.
[From Newsweek, April 6, 1953]
Posted By: Alex - Wed Oct 10, 2012 -
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Category: School, 1950s
October 9, 2012
Roaches & Worms
"Authorities are investigating what caused a Florida man to collapse and die after consuming dozens of roaches and worms " Direct quote from the news story. Really? No clue what did him in huh? I THINK IT WAS THE ROACHES & WORMS!
Posted By: Alex - Tue Oct 09, 2012 -
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Sweater
Willow - Sweater from Filip Sterckx on Vimeo.
Posted By: Paul - Tue Oct 09, 2012 -
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Category: Magic and Illusions and Sleight of Hand, Movies, Music, Pop Art, Surrealism
October 8, 2012
First World Problems as Voiced by Third World Residents
I know this is a commercial -- advertising a new water filter you can buy for people who need cleaner water.But the gripes expressed by First World spoiled teens being voiced by people who have real problems to deal with just made me smile (and be sad at the same time).
I just hate it when I can't read Weird Universe as often as I would like.
Other mundane gripes?
Posted By: gdanea - Mon Oct 08, 2012 -
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Category: World
1500 Ping Pong Balls in Liquid Nitrogen
Cool explosion at 3:52Liquid nitrogen is cool!!
(Sorry again)
Posted By: gdanea - Mon Oct 08, 2012 -
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Category: World
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