February 2012
February 26, 2012
Follies of the Mad Men #176
Here's my concern. Is this a human Sherlock Holmes wearing a can disguise? If so, it's not one of his masterstrokes.
Or is this a living tin can with fleshy appurtenances? In which case, the ad is the stuff of nightmares!
Original ad here.
Posted By: Paul - Sun Feb 26, 2012 -
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Category: Body, Business, Advertising, Products, Literature, Surrealism, 1930s, Fictional Monsters
February 25, 2012
Mystery Gadget 7
Is this woman being photographed? X-rayed? Framed as a target?
Answer here. Scroll up.
Posted By: Paul - Sat Feb 25, 2012 -
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Category: Technology, 1930s
Flame Glove
Here's a variation on the old buzzer-hidden-in-the-palm-of-your-hand prank. It's a flame thrower in the palm of your hand!
Posted By: Alex - Sat Feb 25, 2012 -
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Category: Inventions, Technology, Weapons
Drawing A Gun
A four year old draws a picture of a gun at school, might warrant a parent /teacher conference, right? Not at a Canadian school, at least the Canadian school in the story. In that school the police and social services were called and without a word of explanation, the father was arrested, strip searched and jailed for several hours. The mother was picked up and brought in to the station and all 3 of their children were taken by child protective services. Everyone backed off and the man was released but, geesh, overreact much??
Posted By: Alex - Sat Feb 25, 2012 -
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February 24, 2012
Bob’s Birthday
Posted By: Paul - Fri Feb 24, 2012 -
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Category: Domestic, Marriage, Humor, Cartoons, 1990s
Cat Mask Synchronized With Facial Muscle Movements
Cutting-edge science stuff:
Posted By: Alex - Fri Feb 24, 2012 -
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Category: Animals, Science, Technology, Cats
February 23, 2012
Incredible Teen
Pretty amazing feat, and he was not even exposed to Gamma rays.
Posted By: Alex - Thu Feb 23, 2012 -
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Hefnawi the Pyramid Climber
Back in the day -- the 1950s and 60s -- Hefnawi Adel Nabi Fayed was known as the Champion of the Great Pyramid, because of his skill at running up and down the pyramid. According to the short bio of him on champion-sportswear.de, he was working as a pyramid guide in the 1940s when it first occurred to him to run up the thing:Eventually he got his time down to five minutes running up it, and two minutes coming back down. That's got to be the ultimate hill training. Check out his legs in the picture below.
(I found the picture on eBay)
Posted By: Alex - Thu Feb 23, 2012 -
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Category: Exercise and Fitness
February 22, 2012
The world’s largest rope Swing
Moab UtahThese kids sure seem to be having FUN! The making of video is cool too!
Posted By: Tyrusguy - Wed Feb 22, 2012 -
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Some might call this guy loopy!
Alexandre Lane Roue Cyr Circonvolution improbableI love circus folk! hope you do too!
Posted By: Tyrusguy - Wed Feb 22, 2012 -
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