Junk Food
Productivity-enhancing chewing gum
Chewing gum maker Lotte is hoping to convince Japanese consumers that its chewing gum will help them work better:By chewing Lotte gum to the beat, consumers can unlock new levels of concentration.
Perhaps it'll work, but I don't see why it wouldn't work with any chewing gum and any music.
More info: LSN Global, Shu Chew Beats
Posted By: Alex - Mon May 12, 2025 -
Comments (4)
Category: Music, Junk Food
Ice Cream Van regulations
Online you can find the official regulations governing "Noise from Ice-Cream Van Chimes Etc. in England." One part that stood out for me:‘selling point’), only once when the van is stationary, and never at intervals of less
than 2 minutes.
6.2. The chimes should not be played more often than once every 2 hours in a particular
length of street.
Once the summer heat sets in here in Phoenix, the ice cream truck drivers are out in force, and they sure don't limit their music to "once only on the approach to each stopping place." They play the jingle constantly. You can hear it repeating endlessly as the van circles around the neighborhood.
Incidentally, while growing up I thought ice cream trucks were referred to generically as the "Good Humor Man" (whether or not they happened to be selling Good Humor ice cream). Only recently did I realize that many people don't refer to the trucks by that name.
Posted By: Alex - Sat May 10, 2025 -
Comments (1)
Category: Government, Junk Food, Cacophony, Dissonance, White Noise and Other Sonic Assaults
Follies of the Madmen #620
Flash mob assembles whenever magical talisman appears.
Posted By: Paul - Mon Apr 07, 2025 -
Comments (0)
Category: Gods, Advertising, Surrealism, Junk Food, 1960s
Special Receptacle for Used Chewing Gum
Full patent here.
Posted By: Paul - Sun Feb 16, 2025 -
Comments (4)
Category: Hygiene, Inventions, Patents, Junk Food, 1940s
Follies of the Madmen #608
Man, this ad is all over the place!
Posted By: Paul - Tue Oct 22, 2024 -
Comments (2)
Category: Scatterbrained, Unfocused and Ditzy, Advertising, Junk Food, Twentieth Century
Miss National Hot Dog Month Association
Happy Fourth of July!
Richmond News Leader - July 15, 1958
Posted By: Alex - Thu Jul 04, 2024 -
Comments (0)
Category: Awards, Prizes, Competitions and Contests, Holidays, Junk Food
French Fry Injector
Why slather your fires with ketchup or cheese or mayo like a peasant, when you could laboriously inject the condiment into each individual fry?Full patent here.
Posted By: Paul - Fri Apr 19, 2024 -
Comments (0)
Category: Excess, Overkill, Hyperbole and Too Much Is Not Enough, Inventions, Patents, Junk Food, Twenty-first Century
Follies of the Madmen #589
Posted By: Paul - Wed Mar 06, 2024 -
Comments (4)
Category: Advertising, Junk Food, Wild West and US Frontier, Twentieth Century
“The Film-Flam Man” Episode of MULLIGAN STEW
Explanation here.IMDB entry for the episode here.
Posted By: Paul - Fri Mar 01, 2024 -
Comments (0)
Category: Food, Junk Food, Sleaze and Sleazeballs, Television, 1970s
Attacked by rogue Brownies
A few translations may be necessary:Brownies: the British equivalent of girl scouts
The gods: "a theatrical term referring to the highest areas of a theatre such as the upper balconies"
Also, I'm puzzled by Gladys Long's comment that, "The trouble is when children are in uniform they are more noticeable than others who are not."
Wasn't the problem that the girls were violent, not that they were "more noticeable"?
Bristol Evening Post - Feb 1, 1978
Posted By: Alex - Wed Oct 25, 2023 -
Comments (5)
Category: Crime, Theater and Stage, Junk Food, 1970s
| Who We Are |
|---|
| Alex Boese Alex is the creator and curator of the Museum of Hoaxes. He's also the author of various weird, non-fiction, science-themed books such as Elephants on Acid and Psychedelic Apes. Paul Di Filippo Paul has been paid to put weird ideas into fictional form for over thirty years, in his career as a noted science fiction writer. He has recently begun blogging on many curious topics with three fellow writers at The Inferior 4+1. Contact Us |