Excess, Overkill, Hyperbole and Too Much Is Not Enough
Triple-Bristle Toothbrush
Posted By: Paul - Tue Jun 07, 2022 -
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Category: Excess, Overkill, Hyperbole and Too Much Is Not Enough, Hygiene, Inventions, Chindogu, Teeth
Balenciaga Destroyed Crewneck Sweater
Get yours here! Cheap!
Posted By: Paul - Fri Apr 29, 2022 -
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Category: Antisocial Activities, Design and Designers, Excess, Overkill, Hyperbole and Too Much Is Not Enough, Fashion, Frauds, Cons and Scams, More Money Than Brains
Summer Skiing in Chicago
Source.
Posted By: Paul - Wed Apr 20, 2022 -
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Category: Excess, Overkill, Hyperbole and Too Much Is Not Enough, Sports, Urban Life, 1950s
PAINT DRYING: The Movie
Posted By: Paul - Sat Apr 16, 2022 -
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Category: Boredom, Excess, Overkill, Hyperbole and Too Much Is Not Enough, Movies, Twenty-first Century
The Palace of the Soviets
Take what metaphors and allegories you will from this famous failure.
The Wikipedia page tells us:
The Palace of the Soviets (Russian: Дворец Советов, Dvorets Sovetov) was a project to construct a political convention center in Moscow on the site of the demolished Cathedral of Christ the Saviour. The main function of the palace was to house sessions of the Supreme Soviet in its 130-metre (430 ft) wide and 100-metre (330 ft) tall grand hall seating over 20,000 people. If built, the 416-metre (1,365 ft) tall palace would have become the world's tallest structure, with an internal volume surpassing the combined volumes of the six tallest American skyscrapers.[10]
The music on this video is annoying--hit MUTE--but otherwise it's well done.
Posted By: Paul - Fri Apr 15, 2022 -
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Category: Architecture, Excess, Overkill, Hyperbole and Too Much Is Not Enough, Government, Success & Failure, Russia, Twentieth Century
Pinboard Animation: “The Nose”
This cartoon is pretty great. But when you consider how it was made...
Posted By: Paul - Wed Mar 30, 2022 -
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Category: Eccentrics, Excess, Overkill, Hyperbole and Too Much Is Not Enough, Inventions, Cartoons, Twentieth Century
The Giant Typewriter of the Panama-Pacific International Exposition
Visit this blog for tons more photos and the whole fascinating history of this device. I will say that the author misses mentioning one iconic way that the notion of a giant typewriter remained afloat in the culture. Any Boomer knows that it figured in a classic Batman adventure.
Posted By: Paul - Sun Feb 20, 2022 -
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Category: Excess, Overkill, Hyperbole and Too Much Is Not Enough, Expositions, World Fairs, Celebrations, Twentieth Century
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
The Living Christmas Tree
Alex and I will be making an announcement soon, about where all WU-vies can meet up to form such a seasonal tribute. Bring your own robe.
Posted By: Paul - Wed Dec 15, 2021 -
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Category: Excess, Overkill, Hyperbole and Too Much Is Not Enough, Holidays, Christmas, Human Marvels, Twentieth Century
Unique Bus of the Future
Lots of swimming pool sloshing when you hit a speedbump.Source.
Posted By: Paul - Mon Dec 13, 2021 -
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Category: Excess, Overkill, Hyperbole and Too Much Is Not Enough, Motor Vehicles, 1930s
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