Stupidity
Spring Heel Shoe
The verdict is still out, however, on whether wearing them will turn you into the mythic monster known as Spring-heeled Jack.
Posted By: Paul - Wed Oct 22, 2008 -
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Category: Fashion, Shoes, Flight, Human Marvels, Stupidity, Technology, Fictional Monsters
Donation Meters
The donation meter!
The picture here portrays one in Denver, which I found on the Flickr page of msitarzewski.
Read all about Atlanta's recent experiment with donation meters here.
Posted By: Paul - Mon Sep 29, 2008 -
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Category: Bums, Hobos, Tramps, Beggars, Panhandlers and Other Streetpeople, Entertainment, Government, Money, Charity, Signage, Stupidity, Experiments
Follies of the Mad Men #30
This ad was part of a long campaign for the product, which depicted men and boys doing common tasks in public in their underwear. Kinda the male equivalent of the famous "I dreamed I went to work in my Maidenform bra" series of ads. No matter the possible plausible logic of the creators, this series conjures up nothing so much as a kind of weird nation solely populated by mentally challenged males, where outer clothing has yet to be invented.
Posted By: Paul - Thu Sep 25, 2008 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Fashion, Stupidity, 1950s, Men
George Putnam, RIP
TV newscaster George Putnam has died. Read his LOS ANGELES TIMES obituary here.Putnam was frequently cited as the inspiration for the Ted Baxter character on THE MARY TYLER MOORE show.
Make your own judgment based on the videos below.
Posted By: Paul - Tue Sep 16, 2008 -
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Category: Centuries, Death, Obituaries, Entertainment, Actors, Hollywood, ShowBiz, Stupidity, Television
One Touch of Homer Makes the Whole World Kin
After briefly distracting the patients, the researchers then asked them to think about the clips for a minute and to report “what comes to mind.” The patients remembered almost all of the clips. And when they recalled a specific one — say, a clip of Homer Simpson — the same cells that had been active during the Homer clip reignited. In fact, the cells became active a second or two before people were conscious of the memory, which signaled to researchers the memory to come.
Why is Homer Simpson singled out as the test case? Obviously because the human brain has specific neurons that emulate or actually induce and compel Homer-Simpson-style behavior.
And there in a nutshell you have the whole basis for ninety-nine percent of the contents of WEIRD UNIVERSE.
Posted By: Paul - Fri Sep 05, 2008 -
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Category: Celebrities, Science, Experiments, Psychology, Stupidity, Television, Husbands, Cartoons
Follies of the Mad Men #14
This illustration, by the way, comes from the great Abner Dean.
Posted By: Paul - Fri Aug 22, 2008 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Insurance, Death, Explosives, Pets, Dogs, Stupidity
Worst. Crackers. Ever!
Posted By: Paul - Thu Aug 21, 2008 -
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Category: Animals, Business, Products, Food, Inventions, Stupidity, 1960s
The Weirdest Tattoos
Posted By: Paul - Wed Aug 20, 2008 -
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Category: Body Modifications, Tattoos, Stupidity, Books
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