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Follies of the Mad Men #22
Pure jittery brainbuzz in a handy grenade-shaped shaker.
Beware of putting anything in your mouth that comes from a company named "International Minerals & Chemical Corporation."
Posted By: Paul - Wed Sep 03, 2008 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Food, Inebriation and Intoxicants, Science, Technology, 1950s
Chocolate Teapots
Back in 2001, Simon Bradshaw and his colleagues published a tongue-in-cheek article in Plotka analyzing the utility of a chocolate teapot. They were inspired by the phrase (common in the UK) that something is as "useful as a chocolate teapot." Their conclusion was that chocolate teapots are indeed not very useful since they leak everywhere, and therefore they "serve as an excellent baseline of uselessness against which to compare other, similarly dysfunctional, items."The article became a minor classic of scientific humor. (Yeah, science humor tends to be a bit nerdy) and was replicated by other researchers.
The main structural design defects were the lid, which melted, and the spout, which collapsed after the tea was poured.
Posted By: Alex - Wed Sep 03, 2008 -
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Category: Food, Science
Albino Pretzel
Can you explain how one pretzel in a bag of pretzel sticks would end up white? I can't.Via J-Walk, who offers this theory: "In the pretzel cooking factory, a new employee found an uncooked pretzel on the floor and tossed it into the pot soon before the others were done. Little did he/she know that you shouldn't do that."
Posted By: Alex - Sun Aug 31, 2008 -
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Category: Food
Follies of the Mad Men #18
Because nothing says "breakfast time!" like marshmallows roasting on skewers.
Posted By: Paul - Sat Aug 30, 2008 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Food, 1960s
Follies of the Mad Men #16
[From Life for May 22 1964.]
Eeeyeeuw! Can you imagine going for a delicious, delicious piece of white chocolate, and ending up with a mouthful of margarine?!?
Posted By: Paul - Thu Aug 28, 2008 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Food, Frauds, Cons and Scams, 1960s
Baconhenge
Ingredients include 12 pieces of french toast, a pound of bacon, a potato, onion, mushrooms, and a dozen eggs. I can't wait to try it! (via J-Walk)
Posted By: Alex - Mon Aug 25, 2008 -
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Category: Food, Religion, Landmarks
Worst. Crackers. Ever!
Posted By: Paul - Thu Aug 21, 2008 -
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Category: Animals, Business, Products, Food, Inventions, Stupidity, 1960s
Cornman
When every legitimate superhero property has finally been brought to the screen, perhaps we'll see a remake of CORNMAN.
Posted By: Paul - Wed Aug 20, 2008 -
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Category: Food, Humor, Parody, Movies, Science Fiction, Superheroes
Bonomo’s Turkish Taffy
If this candy were still being manufactured today, would its allusively Muslim name doom it?
Posted By: Paul - Tue Aug 19, 2008 -
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Category: Food, Pop Culture, Advertising, 1950s, 1960s
Follies of the Mad Men #10
Here's part of the reason why we're a nation of fatties today. "Lose weight the hard way? No thanks! I'll just compress my flab and strap it in with manmade materials!"
And why is it that the only women ever shown in girdle ads are already so trim and underweight that they aren't the real customers?
Posted By: Paul - Mon Aug 11, 2008 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Products, Fashion, Food, Torture, Fetishes, 1950s, Women
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