1970s
Cup Final Seats
"A man who placed advertisements in a national newspaper offering 'Cup Final seats" for £15 sent applicants small canvas stools with 'Cup Final' written on them."He probably thought he had figured out the perfect crime.
The Guardian - May 24, 1977
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Category: Stupid Criminals, 1970s
A year of chocolate
When he died in 1976, John Bostock left money in his will so that every child under five in the village of Westgate-in-Weardale would be given a bar of chocolate once a week for a year.The children in Eastgate-in-Weardale must have felt like they drew the short end of the straw.
Burton Daily Mail - Mar 5, 1976
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Category: Death, Chocolate, 1970s
Constipation and Political Unrest
I haven't been able to figure out what the title of the article referenced below was, since I can't find archived copies of Blackwood's magazine from the 1970s. The hypothesis, "that a fundamental cause of the violence... in Irish politics may well be constipation," is strange. It might make one wonder about the role of constipation in other conflicts around the world.
The Melbourne Age - Sep 30, 1976
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Category: Violence, War, Vegetables, 1970s
Competitive Hymn Singing
In 1972 a group of schoolboys set a world record for "non-stop hymn singing." They sang for 48 hours straight.So what's the current record for hymn singing? I haven't been able to figure that out.
I found an article from Oct 2005 claiming a new record was set for singing for 22 hours, but since that wasn't even half the time of the 1972 record, that can't be right.
Pomona Progress Bulletin - Dec 30, 1972
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Category: Music, World Records, 1970s
Day out ruined by sea rescue
Aug 1974: British beachgoers demonstrated a low tolerance for what they were willing to put up with to help a sea rescue.
London Observer - Aug 18, 1974
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Category: 1970s, United Kingdom
Follies of the Madmen #580
"Take some advice from the Professor of Love."
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Category: Hygiene, Innuendo, Double Entendres, Symbolism, Nudge-Nudge-Wink-Wink and Subliminal Messages, Advertising, 1970s
Skull Snaps, “I’m Your Pimp”
[Chorus]
I'm your pimp
I wear my hat to the side, and walk with a limp
I'm your pimp
I wear my hat to the side, and walk with a limp
[Verse 1]
Babe, I don't just have to do
You better believe I don't don't don't
'Cause I cheat, scheme and connive now baby
And got everything I want
And oh, don't you talk back to me
You better listen when I speak, yeah
If I wanna curse, slap or hurt you
Just turn the other cheek, because
[Chorus]
I'm your pimp
I wear my hat to the side, and walk with a limp
I'm your pimp
I wear my hat to the side, and walk with a limp
[Verse 2]
My main purpose in life is winning and cheating
You you you, wow
I don't care what race you are
Just as long as I'm beating you you you you you
Let me have all the diamonds and the riches, girl
While I'm alive, yeah
And I guarantee, as soon as you're dead
These things for you will arrive, remember
[Chorus]
I'm your pimp
I wear my hat to the side, and walk with a limp
I'm your pimp
I wear my hat to the side, and walk with a limp
[Outro]
I'm your pimp
I'm your pimp
I'm your pimp
I'm your pimp, I'm your pimp
I'm your pimp, I'm your pimp, I'm your pimp
I'm your pimp
I'm your pimp, I'm your pimp
I'm your pimp, I'm your pimp, I'm your pimp
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Category: Music, Scary Criminals, 1970s, Sex
The Vibrators
A Pittsburgh pop-rock group from the 1970s. Not to be confused with the British punk rock band also known as The Vibrators.
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - Jan 21, 1976
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Category: Music, Odd Names, 1970s
Intros to Failed 1970s TV Shows
Another collection of never-made-it TV shows.
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Category: Ineptness, Crudity, Talentlessness, Kitsch, and Bad Art, Success & Failure, Television, 1970s
Attacked by rogue Brownies
A few translations may be necessary:Brownies: the British equivalent of girl scouts
The gods: "a theatrical term referring to the highest areas of a theatre such as the upper balconies"
Also, I'm puzzled by Gladys Long's comment that, "The trouble is when children are in uniform they are more noticeable than others who are not."
Wasn't the problem that the girls were violent, not that they were "more noticeable"?
Bristol Evening Post - Feb 1, 1978
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Category: Crime, Theater and Stage, Junk Food, 1970s
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