Weird Universe Archive
October 2012
October 17, 2012
Goliath and the Vampires
Just to get you in a Halloween mood. If you need more, the full movie follows.
Posted By: Paul - Wed Oct 17, 2012 -
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Category: Movies, Fantasy, Myths and Fairytales, 1960s, Fictional Monsters
Cecil Dill, the Hand-Farting Farmer
Internet Archive, which hosts this video, explains:Cecil H. Dill, of Traverse City, Michigan, an aspiring radio artist demonstrating his ability to render popular melodies by pressing his hands together. Dill modestly tells how he discovered his unusual talent.
The guy is a natural in front of the camera. [via Neatorama]
Posted By: Alex - Wed Oct 17, 2012 -
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Category: Music, 1930s
October 16, 2012
Paul Visits Baja
Try not to wreak too much havoc Paul honey!
Posted By: Alex - Tue Oct 16, 2012 -
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Squatter Rights
Heidi Peterson left her Detroit home empty for a year, and when she returned, she says, she found a woman, Missionary-Tracey Elaine Blair, squatting there. The woman refuses to leave, and apparently you can't just kick someone out who's squatting. You have to go to court, prove you own the property, and then get an eviction order. So now both women are living there together.Missionary-Tracey Elaine Blair, for her part, says she's not squatting. She insists she has a lease. [Yahoo! News]
Whatever the case may be, the experience certainly qualifies Missionary-Tracey Elaine Blair to occupy the highest office in the land and squat in the White House for four years. So she's campaigning as a write-in candidate for President, and wants your vote. That's her below, posing with George Washington. Remember her name on election day!
Posted By: Alex - Tue Oct 16, 2012 -
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Category: Law, Politics, Strange Candidates
Flora Marian Spore
Original story here.
The woman depicted above went from female dentist to occult artist. Not the most common career path. She turned out many paintings "inspired" by ghosts.
Unfortunately, despite a fairly substantial career, none of her paintings seem to have survived or been recorded, except for the one depicted below.
Photo from the blog of Jim Linderman.
Wikipedia entry.
Posted By: Paul - Tue Oct 16, 2012 -
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Category: Art, Outsider Art, New Age, Paranormal, Unsolved Mysteries, 1920s
October 15, 2012
The Uprising of the Cows
We've been warning about the threat posed by cows for quite a while here on WU (see here, here, and here), and recent news confirms the danger they pose. A 68-year-old woman was walking her dog in a field in rural England, when she was attacked and trampled by cows. Her dog survived. And just a few months ago, a 46-year-old hiker in England was similarly attacked and trampled by cows. Has the uprising of the cows begun? [ibtimes.co.uk]The linked article includes some tips on what to do should you find yourself facing a field of potentially hostile cows:
- avoid entering the field
- let go of your dog if the cows charge
- don't try to outrun the cows
- run downhill if possible
- make yourself as loud and big as possible
Posted By: Alex - Mon Oct 15, 2012 -
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Category: Violence, Cows
Johnson Smith Catalog Item #26
It is generally understood that the necktie is a symbol of male virility. Thus, when the Marx Brothers or the Three Stooges cut someone's tie off while the fellow is wearing it, it is a symbol of emasculation, and we laugh.
So a necktie that instantly sproings erect on command is surely the best alpha-dog symbol of all! This is why Dilbert rules!
Just don't poke out anybody's eye with that thing!
Posted By: Paul - Mon Oct 15, 2012 -
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Category: Fashion, Injuries, Johnson Smith Catalog, Sexuality, Chindogu, Pranks
October 14, 2012
Cookie Monster Crater on Mercury
Sesame Street is invading the solar system!! NASA's Messenger mission scientists posted a questions on the Goddard Space Flight Center Flickr page asking, "Anyone else think this looks like the Cookie Monster?"
First Big Bird in politics and now the Cookie Monster on Mercury!!
Is Elmo headed for the red planet?
Posted By: gdanea - Sun Oct 14, 2012 -
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Category: Spaceflight, Astronautics, and Astronomy
Radio Sunglasses
To hell with iPods! These are so much cooler!
Of course, the online inflation calculator I use says: "What cost $24.95 in 1967 would cost $165.76 in 2011. " Or, in other terms, roughly the cost of a new 8GB iPod Touch.
Maybe modern life is better!
From Playboy for August 1967.
Posted By: Paul - Sun Oct 14, 2012 -
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Category: Fashion, Music, Technology, Chindogu, 1960s
Gaming Cakes
Here are 19 great video game cakes. See if your favorite game is represented.
Posted By: Alex - Sun Oct 14, 2012 -
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Category: Videogames and Gamers
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