Drugs
Follies of the Madmen #399
Of course the sole of one's foot resembles a snooty toff with monocle--after your LSD trip!
Original ad here.
Posted By: Paul - Fri Dec 07, 2018 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Drugs, Shoes, 1940s, Feet
WattStax
This documentary has it all: great music, great interviews, great cinematography, ongoing thematic relevance to today. But we feature it on WU mainly for the clothing, both of performers and of the audience. Viewers might also empathize with the director's fascination with hotpants.
Posted By: Paul - Sat Nov 10, 2018 -
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Category: Drugs, Ethnic Groupings, Fashion, Music, Pop Art, Documentaries, Bohemians, Beatniks, Hippies and Slackers, 1970s
THE TRIP
We hope you make it back!
Posted By: Paul - Sat Jan 27, 2018 -
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Category: Drugs, Psychedelic, Movies, Music, Pop Art, Surrealism, Bohemians, Beatniks, Hippies and Slackers, 1960s
Smoking Ants
The earliest report I can find of people in the Persian Gulf smoking ants is the one below, from 1994. But news stories have continued to report this practice. This one from 2008 explains that it's specifically the red samsun ant that's smoked, and explains, "Smoking the red ant gives a similar sensation to smoking marijuana and sniffing glue because of the high concentration of formic acid found in the ants."
Honolulu Advertiser - Sep 11, 1994
Brachyponera sennaarensis
Image via antweb
Posted By: Alex - Sat Jan 06, 2018 -
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Category: Drugs, Smoking and Tobacco
The Door From Which There Is No Escape
Original ad here.
Posted By: Paul - Sun Nov 12, 2017 -
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Category: Drugs, PSA's, 1970s
Hippy Sippy
Hippy Sippy consisted of tiny chocolate balls packaged in a container that looked like a hypodermic needle. The chocolate balls were sucked out through the "needle." The candy was introduced in 1968, but was pulled from shelves within a year because of popular outrage.It reminds me of the Chilly Bang! Bang! juice-filled squirt gun.
More info: Box Vox
Camden Courier-Post - Oct 19, 1968
Posted By: Alex - Fri Jun 30, 2017 -
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Category: Drugs, Candy
Blind Man’s Penis
The full story here.
Posted By: Paul - Tue Jun 27, 2017 -
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Category: Drugs, Music, Bohemians, Beatniks, Hippies and Slackers, 1970s, Eyes and Vision, Genitals
Caffeinism
March 1985: Sgt. Joseph Mitlof of the NYPD realized that the 30 cups of coffee a day he was drinking might have been contributing to his anxiety problems. In fact, he was suffering from "caffeinism."
Tallahassee Democrat - Mar 20, 1985
I had never heard of such a thing as "caffeinism," but it turns out the term is over 100 years old. A 1979 article in the Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis offered the following definition:
Burlington Daily Times - Mar 5, 1968
I only drink one cup of coffee a day, first thing in the morning. I think I'm good.
Posted By: Alex - Mon Jun 19, 2017 -
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Category: Drugs, Health
Drug-Carrying Pigeons
Same method, 95 years apart.
The Pittsburgh Press - Mar 8, 1922
Pigeon caught with backpack of drugs
BBC News - May 25, 2017
Posted By: Alex - Fri May 26, 2017 -
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Category: Animals, Drugs
Runaway Groom
Original article here.
Posted By: Paul - Sat Apr 01, 2017 -
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Category: Drugs, Marriage, 1950s, Brain Damage
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