January 16, 2012
Name That List, #16
What is this a list of? Click on "More" or "Comments" for the answer.- Cat Skinner
- Screen Ape
- Stale Bread Man
- Canadian Bacon Stuffer
- Car Whacker
- Side Splitter
- Pulpit Man
- Zooglar
The Vacuum Cap
Original ad here. (Scroll down.)
Posted By: Paul | Date: Mon Jan 16, 2012 | Permalink |
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Category: Business, Advertising, Products, Frauds, Cons and Scams, 1900's, Hair and Hairstyling
Category: Business, Advertising, Products, Frauds, Cons and Scams, 1900's, Hair and Hairstyling
Chuck’s Weekly Cite-Seeing (January 16, 2012)
Chuck's Weekly Cite-Seeing TourThe Crème de la Crème, Every Monday
January 16, 2012
(datelines from January 6 or later) (links correct as of January 16)
[Looking for Pro Edition? Here's the explanation.]
Karnataka state, India: The December food-rolling ritual was once again panned by religious leaders. (By century-old tradition, lower-caste people wrap themselves in leftover food from upper-caste people and roll around in it . . to improve the skin. Charming. BBC News
Calabasas, Calif.: The state-of-the-art fertility company PlanetHospital was revealed to have a package for wannabe mothers who are really, really impatient. For an extra fee, they'll up your odds of conception by implanting your eggs into two Indian women at the same time. Downside: Both may work, and it's rude to abort. Slate.com
Athens, Greece: The Labor Ministry beefed up official disability-benefit categories . . to include luckless unfortunates such as kleptomaniacs, exhibitionists, and pedophiles. Associated Press via Washington Post
Texas City, Tex.: An auto accident victim spent 4 hours in the Mainland Medical Center's ER (exam, diagnostic tests) before being released, with the probable bill of $4,850, which is obviously ridiculous but expected. That was before the hospital found out that there would be litigation associated with the accident. New bill: $20,211. Galveston Daily News
Jerusalem: At a big-time world gynecology conference last week, all female doctors had to sit together on one side, and only males were allowed to address the audience (because there's that ultra-Orthodox thingy going on). The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
Kermanshah, Iran: A 21-yr-old man got a bad tattoo on his penis (the inker pricked too deep) and now has a permanent semi-hard. (Doctors tried a shunt to drain excess blood, but it didn't work. "[T]he patient has declined to undergo further therapies and lives with his condition.") Journal of Sexual Medicine via ABC News
eBay: [Not clear whether it's a sale or an auction, but] A seller is offering an 8-oz. bottle of swimming pool water swum in by Tom Cruise and family on 7-16-2011 in Miami Beach. Around $100. Jonathan Turley blog
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January 15, 2012
Spam Problem
Alex is working on the spam problem, folks! Meanwhile, we zap them individually as fast as we can. Thanks for your patience!
What’s It To You?
A great combo of mad science and rampant consumerism. Half an hour of better living thru chemistry.
Posted By: Paul | Date: Sun Jan 15, 2012 | Permalink |
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Category: Business, Advertising, Products, Design and Designers, Domestic, Technology, 1950's
Category: Business, Advertising, Products, Design and Designers, Domestic, Technology, 1950's
News of the Weird / Pro Edition (Downgrade)
Yo, Weirdos and Weirdettes,Something has come up. Nothing really serious. It's just that I have to end Pro Edition. I'll still be publishing, but the scope for Pro Edition requires too much from me. The News of the Weird column is about all that I can handle, and it will continue. (The last time the world was without a News of the Weird column, Ronald Reagan was President.)
However, I believe I can manage to write up a list of my favorite 12-15 news links every Monday, unstructured, without much ado. I'll try that tomorrow morning. We'll see what happens.
I'll soon be getting around to cleansing all my promotional materials so that you won't see Pro Edition referred to anymore (except that those who have signed up for my Google Group "ProWeird" will continue to be subscribed to that-named Group, to get my Monday morning hit parade).
You might even prefer the hit parade to Pro Edition. I know I will.
Cheers.
They would rather be run over by a semi
Most Amish sects have bowed to the argument that public safety, and theirs, is just a tad more important. Or, at least acknowledged that inconvenient biblical edict about obeying the law of the land. But not these folks- Amish men go to jail over placards
January 14, 2012
F#%*IN’ SALE
A Japanese department store made a major faux pas when they tried using English words on their sale signs.
Art School
This ad was a trap! If you were able to replicate this insane bird, you received a visit from the men in white coats with butterfly nets, not art teachers.
Original ad here. (Scroll down.)
Posted By: Paul | Date: Sat Jan 14, 2012 | Permalink |
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Category: Animals, Art, Education, Brain Damage
Category: Animals, Art, Education, Brain Damage
January 13, 2012
Ran Aground
The Costa Concordia, an Italian cruise ship ran aground on the Italian island Giglio. The damage was enough to start the ship sinking and precipitate an evacuation. I'm thinking somebody's in trouble.
Category: Name That List