March 2021
March 31, 2021
Do you eat enough candy?
... Caroline Hunt, noted specialist in Home Economics, has therefore recommended that candy be made a part of the "sweets" ration, which consists of about five pounds a week for the family of five. Candy may constitute whatever part of this is desired.
So they were recommending that everyone eat a pound of candy a week!
Saturday Evening Post - Oct 27, 1928. Source: atticpaper.com
Posted By: Alex - Wed Mar 31, 2021 -
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Category: Advertising, Candy, 1920s
Follies of the Madmen #504
I have never seen laxatives touted as a daily dose, rather than just as needed.
Posted By: Paul - Wed Mar 31, 2021 -
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Category: Advertising, Patent Medicines, Nostrums and Snake Oil, Excrement, 1950s
March 30, 2021
Uke-TEL NAKI-U1
"Uke-TEL NAKI-U1" is the 1993 creation of the 'art collective' Maywa Denki (brothers Masamichi and Nobumichi Tosa), who specialize in creating "useless machines". They offer the following description of 'Uke-TEL' on their website:Or, as explained by We Make Money Not Art:
Seems to me its use is to kill goldfish, which makes it relevant to the controversy, previously posted about, concerning the legal rights of goldfish.
Posted By: Alex - Tue Mar 30, 2021 -
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Category: Art, Fish, 1990s
Cigarettes & Knickers: Forbidden
Source: Parsons Daily Republican (Parsons, Kansas) 12 Nov 1922, Sun Page 4
Posted By: Paul - Tue Mar 30, 2021 -
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Category: Misbehavior, Rebellion, Acting-out and General Naughtiness, Bohemians, Beatniks, Hippies and Slackers, 1920s, Universities, Colleges, Private Schools and Academia
March 29, 2021
Oakland Ballet Battles Virginity
1995: In an effort to attract new customers, "including singles, sports-minded men and female shopping-mall patrons," the Oakland Ballet put up billboards that displayed the message, "Go ahead, take another date to miniature golf, and die a virgin. Oakland Ballet. You just might like it."I can understand that the ads were meant to be controversial, but what was with the weird dig at miniature golf?
More info: LA Times
Sacramento Bee - Nov 23, 1995
Posted By: Alex - Mon Mar 29, 2021 -
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Category: 1990s, Billboards
Garments by Ryunosuke Okazai
More pix here.
The creator's homepage.
Posted By: Paul - Mon Mar 29, 2021 -
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Category: Aliens, Excess, Overkill, Hyperbole and Too Much Is Not Enough, Fashion, Asia
March 28, 2021
Combined Clothes Hanger and Radio
It's fairly common to use metal clothes hangers to extend the range of a radio's antenna. So John Jerome Spina had the idea of combining the radio and clothes hanger into one. The metal of the hanger would serve as the antenna. He was granted a patent for this invention in 1978.I'm not sure he thought through what would then happen if you hung something on the hanger, such as a coat.
Posted By: Alex - Sun Mar 28, 2021 -
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Category: Inventions, Patents, Radio, Technology, 1970s
All About Albany Board Game
Too much excitement for me!
More details here.
Posted By: Paul - Sun Mar 28, 2021 -
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Category: Games, Government, Regionalism, 1980s
March 27, 2021
Miss Space
April 1959: Suzanne Adams was awarded the title of 'Miss Space' at the World Congress of Flight in Las Vegas, Nevada.
source: reddit
source: facebook
Fort Worth Star-Telegram - Apr 12, 1959
Posted By: Alex - Sat Mar 27, 2021 -
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Category: Awards, Prizes, Competitions and Contests, Spaceflight, Astronautics, and Astronomy, 1950s
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