Weird Universe Blog — March 25, 2019
Decomposition Cupcake
The “Five Stages” cupcake by artist Claire Ratcliffe. It was part of the Edible Body Farm exhibit held in England back in 2016, which used culinary creations to explore the topic of bodily decomposition.
Stages of decay cupcakes by Claire Ratcliffe
Posted By: Alex - Mon Mar 25, 2019 -
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Category: Art | Death | Food
Miss Cinderemmy
Apparently the Emmy Awards once featured a beauty queen. The 1956 contenders first below, then the 1957 queen.
December 31, 1957. Lovely Rochelle Greenblatt, 21 year old receptionist at McCadden Studios, Hollywood, was chosen 'Miss Cinderemmy' tonight (Dec. 31) and presented at midnight to the entire television industry at the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences New Year's Eve Ball staged at Beverly Hilton. She was crowned as queen of the ball by actor Ronnie Burns, son of comedy star, George Burns, who coincidentally owns and operates McCadden Studios.
Posted By: Paul - Mon Mar 25, 2019 -
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Category: Beauty, Ugliness and Other Aesthetic Issues | Contests, Races and Other Competitions | Television | 1950s
March 24, 2019
Jesus Clock
Created by artist Manfred Erjautz and installed in the Spitalskirche in downtown Innsbruck, with the permission of Bishop Hermann Glettler.More details: Life Site
Posted By: Alex - Sun Mar 24, 2019 -
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Category: Religion
Follies of the Madmen #419
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Posted By: Paul - Sun Mar 24, 2019 -
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Category: Business | Advertising | Music | Stereotypes and Cliches | 1970s | Men | Women
March 23, 2019
The Ratapult
Invented circa 1992 by Allen Gross. It was intended to be a more humane rattrap. Instead of killing the rats, it flung them up to 50 feet into a cage or bucket. The dazed, but still living, rodents could then be either turned over to authorities or released into the wild. Noted Gross, “I didn’t want the (rodents) squashed or turned into meatloaf.”
Santa Rosa Press Democrat - Feb 14, 1992
Staunton News Leader - Feb 14, 1992
Turns out this wasn't the first rat-flinging trap to be invented. Back in 1912, a similar device debuted, also called the Ratapult. Though it wasn't intended to be in any way humane:
Vergennes Orwell Citizen - Jan 9, 1913
Posted By: Alex - Sat Mar 23, 2019 -
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Category: Inventions | Pests, Plagues and Infestations | 1990s
Go! Go! Go!
Speeded up stuff is inherently weird.Her Wikipedia page.
Posted By: Paul - Sat Mar 23, 2019 -
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Category: Art | Avant Garde | Crowds, Groups, Mobs and Other Mass Movements | Excess, Overkill, Hyperbole and Too Much Is Not Enough | Movies | Special Effects | 1960s
March 22, 2019
Man kicked in face by dead cow
Cows that attack have been a recurring theme on WU for quite a while (see here and here). Apparently, dead cows are just as dangerous as the living ones.In a statement, police said the cow was “killed according to regulations” early Thursday at an abattoir in Aalen, and hung from a meat hook for further processing.
Police said the carcass then kicked the man in the face, apparently due to a nerve impulse that experts say isn’t uncommon.
The 41-year-old worker was hospitalized.
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Posted By: Alex - Fri Mar 22, 2019 -
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Category: Animals | Injuries
1968 Seatbelt PSA
Nice to see that despite being horribly scarred for life, she has maintained her mascara, eyeliner and lashes.
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Posted By: Paul - Fri Mar 22, 2019 -
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Category: Accidents | Beauty, Ugliness and Other Aesthetic Issues | Motor Vehicles | PSA’s | 1960s | Face and Facial Expressions
March 21, 2019
Underwear Trading Cards
An idea recently introduced by Hanes, which is putting trading cards featuring Michael Jordan modeling underwear into packs of their men's underwear. From the press release:If there's a total of 170 different cards, how much underwear would you need to buy to get them all?
Posted By: Alex - Thu Mar 21, 2019 -
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Category: Collectors | Underwear
The Acrobatic Fly
Posted By: Paul - Thu Mar 21, 2019 -
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Category: Entertainment | Nature | Twentieth Century
