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Ambiguity, Uncertainty and Deliberate Obscurity

Follies of the Madmen #453

The wealthy always employ midgets to help them dress. Seriously, what size is that person standing on the chair? Maybe the gal in undergarments is a giant?



Source.

Posted By: Paul - Mon Nov 18, 2019 - Comments (0)
Category: Ambiguity, Uncertainty and Deliberate Obscurity, Business, Advertising, Confusion, Misunderstanding, and Incomprehension, Excess, Overkill, Hyperbole and Too Much Is Not Enough, Surrealism, Underwear, 1940s

Follies of the Madmen #435

Is it just me, or is the notion of an army of clones on the make for a lone gal a creepy thing?







Source.

Posted By: Paul - Tue Jul 16, 2019 - Comments (0)
Category: Ambiguity, Uncertainty and Deliberate Obscurity, Business, Advertising, Crowds, Groups, Mobs and Other Mass Movements, Dreams and Nightmares, Fashion, Sports, 1970s

Cheap Perfume and Candlelight



"It's so easy now to swing/When the swing set feels just right.."


So you think you're quite a man
You're taking care of all her needs
Sometimes it's even twice a weekend
At least it's every time you need

Yeah, it's so easy now to swing
When the swing set feels just right
Like a fifty dollar room
Cheap perfume and candlelight

'Cause once you thought the thrill as gone
Your passion seemed to fade and die
You left a woman back at home
Alone and so unsatisfied

You hit the street to feel the thrill
Of the hunter in the night
Your prey was out there dressed to kill
In cheap perfume and candlelight

Cheap perfume and candlelight
The situation makes the man
If you can't make it back at home
You make it any way you can

And you can, it's so nice
That now you can

Maybe you'll never stop to think
Just for the true test did it be
Love your ever loving manhood of your masculinity

If you could satisfy the woman
Right back at home there every night
Instead of now and then
The girl in cheap perfume and candlelight

Instead of now and then
The girl in cheap perfume and candlelight
Instead of now and then
The girl in cheap perfume and candlelight

Posted By: Paul - Fri Jul 27, 2018 - Comments (1)
Category: Ambiguity, Uncertainty and Deliberate Obscurity, Innuendo, Double Entendres, Symbolism, Nudge-Nudge-Wink-Wink and Subliminal Messages, Music, Sexuality, 1970s

Do You See It?

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Do you see an image of a person, place or thing on this brain scan? If so what do you see? If not tell that too. No cheating, only go to the link after you tell us what you see if you see anything at all.

Posted By: Alex - Tue Sep 22, 2015 - Comments (22)
Category: Ambiguity, Uncertainty and Deliberate Obscurity, Medicine, Brain

Gender Neutral Pronouns

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The use of gender neutral pronouns such as ze and xem, amongst others is being encouraged on the campus of the University of Tennessee. Administration wants to be welcoming and all inclusive to new students and I quote, “We should not assume someone’s gender by their appearance, nor by what is listed on a roster or in student information systems,” #down the rabbit hole.

Posted By: Alex - Sat Aug 29, 2015 - Comments (12)
Category: Ambiguity, Uncertainty and Deliberate Obscurity, Bombast, Bloviation and Pretentiousness, Universities, Colleges, Private Schools and Academia

Mystery Artifact



Maybe the combined brainpower of WU can solve this mystery.

Posted By: Paul - Fri Apr 19, 2013 - Comments (12)
Category: Ambiguity, Uncertainty and Deliberate Obscurity, Regionalism, Technology, Archaeology

Even Dwarfs Started Small

Perhaps these clips will give you some small taste of my weird viewing experience last night: Werner Herzog's Even Dwarfs Started Small.

First, the movie's "theme song," heard at intervals throughout.



Next, a scene from the middle, where sighted dwarves torment blind ones.



Finally, the closing scene.



Rent this immediately, to cement your standing as a true WU-vie!

Posted By: Paul - Fri Dec 09, 2011 - Comments (2)
Category: Ambiguity, Uncertainty and Deliberate Obscurity, Freaks, Oddities, Quirks of Nature, Horror, Movies, Surrealism, 1970s

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