Pig Poop Sniffer

If you think your job sucks, it could always be worse. You could be smelling pig excrement for $1 a day.

Cedar Rapids Gazette - Aug 25, 1978

Posted By: Alex - Sun Oct 13, 2019 - Comments (1)
Category: Animals | Jobs and Occupations | Excrement | 1970s

Beer-Drinking Camel(s)

Picture source.

Posted By: Paul - Sun Oct 13, 2019 - Comments (1)
Category: Animals | 1950s | Alcohol

Underwear on head in restaurant

“How would you like to be eating a hamburger and turn around and see some dude wearing jockey shorts on his head?”

Indianapolis News - May 20, 1977

Posted By: Alex - Sat Oct 12, 2019 - Comments (3)
Category: Eccentrics | Headgear | Underwear | 1970s

The Peep Show

The Peep Show, Kaj Pindal, provided by the National Film Board of Canada

Posted By: Paul - Sat Oct 12, 2019 - Comments (0)
Category: Animals | Anthropomorphism | Cartoons | 1960s

The Swastika Chromosomes of D.F. Jones

Donald Forsha Jones (1890-1963) was an American genetics researcher at the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station in New Haven. Among biologists, he's remembered for improving corn production through his introduction of double-cross hybridization. In fact, the dominance of corn in world agriculture rests, in many ways, on his scientific contributions. However, he's not remembered for being a particularly colorful or eccentric character. Except for one moment in his career when a hint of weirdness surfaced. That was the time in April 1940 when he warned of the malignant influence of swastika-shaped chromosomes.



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Posted By: Alex - Fri Oct 11, 2019 - Comments (0)
Category: Science | 1940s

Mystery Gadget 81

I have blanked out the corporate logo on this device, but not otherwise altered the foto. What is this kit for? Hint: it establishes a standard measure.

The answer is here.

Or after the jump.

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Posted By: Paul - Fri Oct 11, 2019 - Comments (5)
Category: Technology

Minimum Wage Machine

Created by artist Blake Fall-Conroy:


So, if this is installed in a museum, do people actually get to keep whatever money they get from it? I'm pretty sure some people would stand there cranking it all day.



Bad quality video of the machine in action:



via TYWKIWDBI

Posted By: Alex - Thu Oct 10, 2019 - Comments (3)
Category: Art | Boredom | Money

Follies of the Madmen #447

One of the rare ads of the period that objectify the male's looks.



Source.

Posted By: Paul - Thu Oct 10, 2019 - Comments (0)
Category: Body | Business | Advertising | Fashion | 1960s | Men

Open Concept Bar

The Open Concept bar, recently opened in St. Louis, Missouri, doesn’t sell drinks. Instead, it sells time. Buy an hour’s worth of time at the bar, and you can drink as much as you want in that hour. The price is $10/hour for basic drinks, $20/hour for premium ones.

Sounds like a bargain! But how does the bar plan to make money? Well, it turns out there actually are some limits to how much alcohol they'll serve you. From St. Louis magazine:


In other words, you can't actually have all you can drink in an hour. But what's the limit? It seems like they're being coy about that. I'm guessing it's about two drinks per hour. So, in essence, you're pre-paying for two drinks.

Posted By: Alex - Wed Oct 09, 2019 - Comments (5)
Category: Inebriation and Intoxicants | Restaurants | Alcohol

Space Shuttle Adventure

Be sure to listen to the Space Shuttle Theme Song starting around the 5:00 mark on Side A. "Now we need bigger ships to take us to the stars!"


Listen here.

Posted By: Paul - Wed Oct 09, 2019 - Comments (1)
Category: Spaceflight, Astronautics, and Astronomy | 1980s