Domestic
Cooking for Witches
Read it here. Samples below.
Posted By: Paul - Thu Feb 03, 2022 -
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Category: Domestic, Food, Cookbooks, Supernatural, Occult, Paranormal
Miss Riviera
Why would this lovely Mademoiselle, perhaps hailing from Cannes or Nice and crowned "Miss Riviera," be posing in what looks like a furniture showroom, instead of at the beach or casino?Because she is Miss Riviera Manufacturing of 1956.
"Mrs. Grace Boeckmann is fast acquiring beauty titles. She is Miss Riviera (chosen by the Riviera Manufacturing Co.), Miss Sun Valley and Miss San Fernando Valley. She now is representing the Valley as a contestant in the California finals of the Miss Universe competition."
Source.
"A huge expansion sale is under way at both of the Valley locations of the Riviera Manufacturing Co., maker of sofa beds. Shown above is the North Hollywood location at 11015 Magnolia Blvd., where a new annex is being constructed. The other location is in Reseda."
Source.
Posted By: Paul - Tue Jan 11, 2022 -
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Category: Beauty, Ugliness and Other Aesthetic Issues, Contests, Races and Other Competitions, Domestic, 1950s
Sex on an Animal Hide Rug
The subtext in the ad is obvious. Fur rugs, fake or real, are for making love on. It's the staple of a thousand PLAYBOY cartoons.But where did the trope originate? Most likely with writer Elinor Glyn. Her novel THREE WEEKS (read it here) featured such a scene that became so notorious, it inspired some doggerel.
Posted By: Paul - Sun Jan 02, 2022 -
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Category: Animals, Domestic, Books, 1900s, 1970s, Sex
The Johnny Clock
Posted By: Paul - Fri Dec 31, 2021 -
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Category: Domestic, Hygiene, Scatology
Living in an Abandoned Hospital
This instance can't quite fit into the UNAUTHORIZED DWELLINGS series, since it's authorized. But close enough to be weird!
Posted By: Paul - Thu Dec 30, 2021 -
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Category: Domestic, Hospitals, United Kingdom
The Panasonic Audio Egg
Posted By: Paul - Tue Dec 21, 2021 -
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Category: Domestic, Excess, Overkill, Hyperbole and Too Much Is Not Enough, Inventions, Music, Eggs, 1960s
Surprise, Surprise!
Did this really happen twice in the space of a year, in a manner that became noticeable to a newspaper? Or was it the invention of a bored and desperate reporter, then copied by another?Source for first item: Lindsay Gazette (Lindsay, California) 31 May 1935, Fri Page 11
Source for second item: Tampa Bay Times (St. Petersburg, Florida) 29 May 1936, Fri Page 2
Posted By: Paul - Thu Dec 02, 2021 -
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Category: Domestic, Travel, Fables, Myths, Urban Legends, Rumors, Water-Cooler Lore, 1930s
Follies of the Madmen #520
I have never thought of a percolator as sexy before, but I guess I was misguided...
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Posted By: Paul - Mon Nov 22, 2021 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Domestic, Appliances, Magazines, Sex Symbols, 1970s
“How can explosion touch me?”
The sentence used in the title of this post belongs with Alex's "Strictly feminine is the woman devoid of superfluous hair" in terms of arcane impenetrability the more you repeat it.Is separate explosion insurance for homeowners still a thing?
Ad source.
Posted By: Paul - Sun Nov 07, 2021 -
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Category: Destruction, Domestic, Codes, Cryptography, Puzzles, Riddles, Rebuses and Other Language Alterations, Insurance, 1930s
The Dryer Lint Art of Heidi Hooper
Recent article here.
More videos at her YouTube channel.
Posted By: Paul - Sat Oct 23, 2021 -
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Category: Domestic, Eccentrics, Outsider Art
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