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Cheerful Dying Wish Fulfilled
I regret that I did not have this story ready for you for Christmas. Nonetheless, its spirit lives on through every season!
Thank God the kid didn't wish for the whole world to follow her!
Original article here.
Posted By: Paul - Fri Jan 23, 2015 -
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Category: Death, Children, Parents, 1940s
Tarzan of the Canines
Original page here.
Do we dare to believe this Weekly World News article? Well, the case was reported a year prior in a reputable newspaper.
Posted By: Paul - Wed Oct 22, 2014 -
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Category: Bad Habits, Neuroses and Psychoses, Children, Parents, Dogs, 1980s
Father’s Day Greetings
Posted By: Paul - Sun Jun 15, 2014 -
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Category: Holidays, Husbands, Parents
The Rib of James V
Wikipedia page.
Doctor Robert Honeyman of Scotland left his son a human rib from King James V. Why? Well, wouldn't you?
To son Robrt [sic] Bruce Honeyman, 900 acres whereon testator resides, negroes (men Bob, John, boy Lewis, deaf & dumb woman Celia & her children Murvin & Beck), 2 work horses, 4 work oxen, 4 cows/calves, 20 sheep, all hogs, farming/kitchen utensils, all furniture in house, all books (except 10 vol to each dau [sic]), watch, guns, all medicines/surgical instruments, microscopes (except best in shagreen case to son), thermometer, diploma, human rib (of James V, King Scotland) in small trunk in chest...
Source.
More information:
Among the early settlers of Lauderdale County were Dr. Samuel and Cornelia C. (Honyman) Oldham; her father, Dr. Robt. Honyman [sic], was a noted physician and member of the royal navy, for many years surgeon of the "Portland," a ship of the line, that was sent to St. Helena in 1771, to await Capt. Cook's expected arrival from his first trip around the world, and convey his ship to England. He was also a direct descendant of the Dr. Honyman, who extracted by command, the fifth rib from the side of James V, King of Scotland, which rib was transmitted to him by his ancestors, and he by will to his only son, with the request, "that he will carefully keep the said rib, and carefully transmit it to his descendants."
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Posted By: Paul - Tue Mar 18, 2014 -
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Category: Children, Parents, Sixteenth Century, Skulls, Bones and Skeletons
Googoosha
A music video from the daughter of the dictator of Uzbekistan. "We have ways to make you dance!"
Full story here.
Posted By: Paul - Thu Nov 21, 2013 -
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Category: Music, Children, Parents, Foreign Customs, Asia, Europe
Life Before Cellphones
Original story here.
Posted By: Paul - Sun Aug 11, 2013 -
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Category: Radio, Chindogu, Children, Parents, 1930s
Ozo
This one deserves to be watched in fullscreen mode.
Posted By: Paul - Fri Jan 04, 2013 -
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Category: Animals, Cryptozoology, Family, Babies and Toddlers, Parents, Cartoons
The Ballad of the Harp Weaver
If anyone can explain to me what the hell this song is about, its logic and mythical allegory, and why it was included on Johnny Cash's Xmas album The Christmas Spirit, I'd be grateful. Any easy answers regarding too much drug and/or booze consumption by Cash will be rejected as too facile.
Posted By: Paul - Fri Dec 14, 2012 -
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Category: Drugs, Holidays, Ineptness, Crudity, Talentlessness, Kitsch, and Bad Art, Children, Parents, 1970s
Don’t tell me my kid is fat!
A study recently published in the journal Pediatric Obesity has found that when parents go to the doctor, they don't like the doctor to tell them that their little angel is "fat, chubby, overweight or obese." Instead, they prefer it if doctors use non-medical euphemisms such as, "Your kid is large," or "Your kid is gaining too much weight." And the problem is that if the parents feel offended, they often stop listening to the doctor altogether, which results in their large child growing even larger. Link: eurekalert
Posted By: Alex - Wed Aug 01, 2012 -
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Category: Medicine, Children, Parents, Eating
Mother’s Day
Upon hearing that his Mom had been shot, Kirkland broke out of jail (with only ten months left to serve) and went on a violence-filled revenge spree, including bursting from concealment in a car trunk with gun blazing.
Read about it here.
Now that's filial devotion!
Posted By: Paul - Sun May 01, 2011 -
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Category: Family, Children, Parents, Holidays, Scary Criminals, Stupid Criminals
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