Posted By: Paul - Tue Sep 21, 2021 -
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Category: Aliens, Humor, Science, Advertising, Twenty-first Century
Miss Margaret Gorman presenting the wooden loving-cup to "Miss" Alexandria, winner of the Advertising Club's "beauty" contest, held at the Raleigh yesterday. In business life pretty "Miss" Alexandria is Sylvan Oppenheimer. "Miss Congress Heights," the young "lady" with the rolling pin, is Allan De Ford. The debonair "Miss" Georgetown is Sidney Selinger and the charming young lady with the raven locks, "Miss Four-and-a-Half Street," is none other than Paul Heller] [1921 September 21]
Posted By: Paul - Thu Sep 09, 2021 -
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Category: Awards, Prizes, Competitions and Contests, Beauty, Ugliness and Other Aesthetic Issues, Humor, Parody, Advertising, 1920s
Posted By: Paul - Fri Sep 03, 2021 -
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Category: Fey, Twee, Whimsical, Naive and Sadsack, Humor, Ineptness, Crudity, Talentlessness, Kitsch, and Bad Art, Movies, Spies and Intelligence Services, Bohemians, Beatniks, Hippies and Slackers
Posted By: Alex - Thu Sep 02, 2021 -
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Category: Humor, Television, Junk Food, Collectors, 1980s
Posted By: Paul - Mon Aug 16, 2021 -
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Category: Freaks, Oddities, Quirks of Nature, Hoaxes and Imposters and Imitators, Humor, Hygiene, Regionalism, Natural Wonders, Nineteenth Century, Twentieth Century
"Dutch geologists drive a giant screw into the ground at Leiden, The Netherlands, in an attempt to stop the Eurasian tectonic plate from moving. The scientists are members of the International Stop Continental Drift Society whose purpose is to put some stability in the earth's crust."
Jack Holden - founder of the ISCDS
Longview Daily News - Sep 15, 1981
Posted By: Alex - Sat Jul 03, 2021 -
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Category: Clubs, Fraternities and Other Self-selecting Organizations, Humor, Science
Posted By: Paul - Sun Jun 06, 2021 -
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Category: Humor, Music, 1940s, Differently Abled, Handicapped, Challenged, and Otherwise Atypical, Love & Romance
Posted By: Paul - Fri May 28, 2021 -
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Category: Humor, Sexuality, Twentieth Century
Posted By: Paul - Mon May 17, 2021 -
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Category: Humor, Inventions, Rube Goldberg Devices, 1940s
Posted By: Paul - Fri Mar 26, 2021 -
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Category: Humor, Sports, Twentieth Century
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