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July 2015

July 31, 2015

Color-Changing Fur Bra

In case of power outage, she could take the place of traffic lights.





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Posted By: Alex - Fri Jul 31, 2015 - Comments (8)
Category: Fashion, Underwear

The Apple



Explanation here--insofar as is possible.

Posted By: Paul - Fri Jul 31, 2015 - Comments (6)
Category: Drugs, Ineptness, Crudity, Talentlessness, Kitsch, and Bad Art, Music, Science Fiction, 1980s

July 30, 2015

Sleeping Time

I like this guy's way of thinking. Too bad the judge didn't go for it.

Altoona Tribune - Jan 21, 1957



Sues For Back Pay For 'Sleeping Time'
LONDON — Albert English, 70, went to court claiming 2,051 pounds—$5,742—in back pay.
He said he was paid 6 pounds, 7 shillings, sixpense—$17.05—a week for 30 hours work as a restaurant odd job man, but that he should be paid also for the 61 hours weekly he spent "asleep with an ear cocked" in a bedroom behind the restaurant provided free by the management. The judge threw out English's claim.

Posted By: Alex - Thu Jul 30, 2015 - Comments (2)
Category: Jobs and Occupations, 1950s

July 29, 2015

Geek Orgasm Day

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Windows 10 is now officially released. I've been up since midnight updating PC's.
My hand is getting tired :roll:
It's nice being off work after being in the hospital to enjoy this day.

Posted By: BrokeDad - Wed Jul 29, 2015 - Comments (22)
Category: Computers

Rolling Pin Throwing Contest, 1928

Providing the proper motivation:

"The target of the rolling pin is a life-size dummy of a husband and the contestants are 30 women trained by Miss Ann Beggs of the home economics department of the university."

The Salem News (Salem, Ohio) - Aug 17, 1928



Winners of a 1932 rolling pin contest (via NCSU Libraries):

Posted By: Alex - Wed Jul 29, 2015 - Comments (6)
Category: Sports, Husbands, 1920s

Kissing Chickens





"They ain't got no lips!"



Posted By: Paul - Wed Jul 29, 2015 - Comments (3)
Category: Agriculture, Animals, PSA’s, Diseases

July 28, 2015

Man vs. Horse, 1947

The experts predicted that the man vs. horse tug-of-war organized in Waterloo, Oregon back in 1947 would be no contest at all. The man, 225-pound Chester Fitzwater, was lying on the ground, his feet braced against a wood block. To win, he simply had to remain in place for three minutes. The horse, Big Baldy, was said not to have a chance.

Scientists Favor Man
Dr. Raymond T. Ellickson, physics professor at Reed College in Portland, estimated 1900-pound Baldy would have to exert about 16,000 pounds worth of effort to up-end Fitzwater.
Ellickson figured it would take a 3000-pound pull just to get the long rope taut, and then Baldy would have only an angle of 1 degree from the horizontal to pull against.
Other scientists advised about the same, and an even more discouraging report—for old Baldy—came from rope dealers. They said the one-inch rope would break at approximately 9000 pounds of pull—far short of the 16,000 Dr. Ellickson believes necessary.

It took about a second for Big Baldy to prove the experts wrong. As soon as the rope tightened, "Fitzwater lurched into the air, knocked over a photographer and some spectators, and crashed into the mud."

Several other brawny men subsequently challenged the horse to the same contest, believing they would last longer. They didn't.

The News-Review (Roseburg, Oregon) - Dec 12, 1947



The News-Review (Roseburg, Oregon) - Dec 15, 1947

Posted By: Alex - Tue Jul 28, 2015 - Comments (6)
Category: Sports, 1940s

Cattle Delivery Via Motorcycle

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I really wish this practice had caught on, for I would be delighted to be driving down a highway and see such a sight.

Original article here.

Posted By: Paul - Tue Jul 28, 2015 - Comments (2)
Category: Animals, Farming, Inventions, 1920s, Motorcycles

July 27, 2015

Hank Robar’s Toilet Art

Back in 2004, Hank Robar wanted to get a property he owned in Potsdam, NY rezoned so that he could open a donut store there. His application was rejected, and in response Robar created a "toilet garden" — which consisted of rows of old toilets with poles behind them. The toilets had flowers in them. The 'toilet garden' was apparently allowed under local zoning laws because it was "art."

Since 2004, Robar has battled with the local government over other properties, and as a result Potsdam has been home to a number of his toilet gardens. He's currently in the process of creating a new one.

Robar's toilet art has sparked some lively debate in the community about what exactly qualifies as art.

Update: It says here that Robar's toilets are legal not because they're art, per se, but because they have flowers in them, so he can claim that they're planter boxes, which are allowed under zoning laws. Also, he's not the only guy who's thought of displaying toilets as a protest against local government.

Posted By: Alex - Mon Jul 27, 2015 - Comments (4)
Category: Art

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